France reinforces "Maginot Line"of the desert - thousands of troops rushed to Libyan frontier.

France reinforces "Maginot Line"of the desert - thousands of troops rushed to Libyan frontier. Pictures from the Franco-Italian border in the Libyan desert. French officers looking out to see from the observation post on the roof of the Atlantic Hotel, Oasis of Gabes. Constant vigilance is maintained at this point to detect a possible advance from the sea by small boats. Large ships cannot land here.