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[โ€“] [email protected] 50 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Belgium: "Nooooo don't create the Maginot Line along our border too, that's basically abandoning us to ze Germans!"

France: "Alright, alright, fine, let's create a proactive defense strategy which-"

Belgium: "Woah, now! Doesn't France making plans to defend Belgian land sound like it would PROVOKE ze Germans? I don't think I can cooperate with that kind of reckless strategy."

France: ๐Ÿ˜ต

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The Maginot plan would have worked way better than irl had the Belgians not reneged and stayed as the Dyle Plan.