The Maginot Line – A New History with author Kevin Passmore
Episode 292
Sunday, March 8, 2026
This week on History Happy Hour: It was a marvel of 1930s engineering, a line of underground forts containing hospitals, modern kitchens, telephone exchanges, and even electric trains. The fortifications were invulnerable to the heaviest artillery and to chemical warfare. Yet they fell to the Germans in just a few weeks.
Kevin Passmore has written The Maginot Line – A New History. We’ll talk with him about the controversies of how it was built, the men who manned it, and what happened when the Germans showed up.
Sunday at 4PM ET on History Happy Hour, where history is always on tap.
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