Showing posts with label maginot line. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maginot line. Show all posts

2010-07-31

lake, maginot line, swan

Shades of green

Another of the little lakes in the Maginot aquatique. This time less anglers, more swans.

2010-07-30

maginot line, fishing

Anglers' huts

In order to continue the Maginot Line in the area east of Metz, the French decided to use the strategy of flooding. For this they dammed the rivers and allowed a series of lakes to form. The war is long gone, but the lakes are still there -- a paradise for French and German anglers alike.