Today, 93 years ago, on 7 January 1932 (November 30, 1931), Andrew Magno, the planner of the Magno Defense Line, died. French Magno Defense Line Magno, born 17 February 1877. was a famous French state activist. Formerly a civil officer, was elected to the French House of Representatives in 1910 and served as Deputy Minister of the Army three years later. Subsequently Minister of Colonization, Nursing, Army, etc. During his tenure, he repeatedly asked France to build a defense line along the border to prevent Germany from re-attacking, and the results began in 1929. On 7 January 1932, Magno died. But his plan, in 1938 to build it, was completed and he named it "the Manno Defense Line". However, this defense line did not consider the Belgian border