Most useless weapons?

[Klaus]

What is in your Opinion the most useless military construction built from 1918 'till 1945?

[temujin77]

Post-1930s battleships sure look nice, and are not totally useless, but their usefulness definitely diminished quite a bit since the dawn of naval aviation.

[Jim O]

What about the V-1? So much effort and so little result militarily (though it did cause fear in the civilian population).

[Klaus]

The V-1 and V-2 are heading definitivly for gold. That's for sure. But what about the Maginot line. This thing was about as effective as a catflap in an elephanthouse. And it took the french 10 years to build it.

The Maginot Line was built to fulfill several purposes:

To avoid a surprise attack and to give alarm. Yep, worked out just as the french had intended.

To cover the mobilization of the French Army (which took between 2-3 weeks). Good idea. They only forgot that it takes only 2-3 month to win the war.

To save the forces (France counted 39,000,000 inhabitants, Germany 70,000,000). What for?

To protect Alsace and Lorraine (returned to France in 1918) and their industrial basin. *snicker*

To be used as a basis for a counter-offensive.

To push the enemy to circumvent it while passing by Switzerland or Belgium. They knew it! They even knew it!

I wish to state that I do not intend to make fun of the french nation... well...perhaps a little bit.

[Tom Houlihan]

It isn't the French nation that concerns me, or it's military.

It's their leadership!