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Joe Bob,

You are 100% correct. The French plan was not to fight the next war in France! The Maginot line as you pointed out did exactly want it was suppose to do. Force the Germand back into the Low Countries

The Belgian King opted to declare neutrality. Hence stopping construction on their portion of the line. The French terrain on the Belgian border would have taken immense additional engineering construction due to the water table.

French armor was feared by the Germans. As I stated once before a treatise from St Cyr by General Fontaine laid the groundwork for a method of armor/infantry assault interaction. But fell upon deaf ears in the French govt.
The French had an immense army. But most of it was around the world in colonies. And their metro army was divided into three types. A standing army of individuals who were obligated to a two year enlistment, Groupe A reservist who were the former active duty types and Groupe B reservist. Who were the older vets like Great War Vets. It was a Groupe B division (the 55eme) that stopped Rommel at Sedan for three days until he hit them with over 2000 Stuka sorties and the division ceased to exist!