- Ouvrage Col de Crous
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Ouvrage Col de Crous Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line Southeast France 
Coordinates 44°09′39″N 6°54′21″E / 44.16096°N 6.90585°ECoordinates: 44°09′39″N 6°54′21″E / 44.16096°N 6.90585°E Built by CORF Construction
materialsConcrete, steel, rock excavation In use Abandoned Controlled by France Battles/wars Italian invasion of France, Operation Dragoon Ouvrage Col de Crous is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block at an altitude of 1,963 metres (6,440 ft). Additional blocks were planned but not built.[1]
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Description
Ouvrage Col de Crous Type of work: Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage) sector
└─sub-sectorFortified Sector of the Maritime Alps
└─Mounier, Quartier Haut-VarRegiment: 74th BAF Number of blocks: 3 Strength: 2 officers, 98 men - Block 1 (incomplete).
- Block 2 (not built).
- Block 3 (incomplete).
- Block 4 (infantry): two machine gun embrasures.[1]
Two proposed petits ouvrages were proposed for the same ridge to the north, the Ouvrage du Col-de-Pal and the ''Ouvrage du col-de-Jallorgues, neither of which were started.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis & Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Col de Crous (po du)" (in French). Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. http://www.fortiff.be/maginot/index.php?p=5773. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
- ^ Mary, Tome 5, p. 46
Bibliography
- Allcorn, William. The Maginot Line 1928-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-84176-646-1
- Kaufmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II, Stackpole Books, 2006. ISBN 0-275-98345-5
- Kaufmann, J.E. , Kaufmann, H.W., Jancovič-Potočnik, A. and Lang, P. The Maginot Line: History and Guide, Pen and Sword, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84884-068-3
- Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 1. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2001. ISBN 2-908182-88-2 (French)
- Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 4 - La fortification alpine. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009. ISBN 978-2-915239-46-1 (French)
- Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 5. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009. ISBN 978-2-35250-127-5 (French)
External links
- Col de Crous (petit ouvrage du) at fortiff.be (French)
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