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*The Maginot Line was a French defense, which ran along the Franco-German border to defend against the invading Nazis during World War II. Ultimately, it failed due to being rounded by the German invasion through Belgium and the Netherlands, while a decoy force sat opposite the Line in Germany, deceiving the French into believing that the Germans would attack across that border. Interestingly, Maginot-esque fortification chains have been used by the French against invading Germanic forces many times in history, but not once has a Germanic force actually invaded France across their mutual border while it has been defended in such a manner, instead opting to invade through the lowlands every time. | *The Maginot Line was a French defense, which ran along the Franco-German border to defend against the invading Nazis during World War II. Ultimately, it failed due to being rounded by the German invasion through Belgium and the Netherlands, while a decoy force sat opposite the Line in Germany, deceiving the French into believing that the Germans would attack across that border. Interestingly, Maginot-esque fortification chains have been used by the French against invading Germanic forces many times in history, but not once has a Germanic force actually invaded France across their mutual border while it has been defended in such a manner, instead opting to invade through the lowlands every time. | ||
*The battle itself resembles the [[First Battle of Earth]], whereas Earth was humanity's last stronghold much like the Maginot Sphere was the [[Forerunner]]'s last line of defense. | |||
*This battle maybe a homage to the Gainax OVA anime series, Aim for the Top!: Gunbuster, in this six episode long series, mankind faces a race of space insects that act very much like the [[Flood]]; they are parasitic and reproduce by infesting stars. The final episode has humanity defending a large device capable of creating a black hole in the center of the Galaxy that is designed to kill all space insect creatures living in the center, the alien species, like the Flood, outnumber their opponents by an unimaginable degree. The Forerunner's too, outnumbered tremendously, stalled for time until the Halo Array's activated; much like how the human's held off the space insect's until the Black Hole device could be detonated. | |||
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