Ouvrage Col de Crous
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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 {{convert|1963|m|ft}}. Additional blocks were planned but not built.{{cite web|url=http://www.fortiff.be/maginot/index.php?p=5773|title=Col de Crous (po du)|last=Puelinckx|first=Jean|last2=Aublet |first2=Jean-Louis |last3=Mainguin |first3=Sylvie|date=2010|work=Index de la Ligne Maginot|publisher=fortiff.be|language=fr|access-date=31 January 2010}}
Description
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|sector=Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps
|sub-sector=Mounier, Quartier Haut-Var
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- Block 1 (incomplete).
- Block 2 (not built).
- Block 3 (incomplete).
- Block 4 (infantry): two machine gun embrasures.
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.Mary, Tome 5, p. 46
See also
References
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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}} {{in lang|fr}}
- 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}} {{in lang|fr}}
- 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}} {{in lang|fr}}
External links
- [http://maginot.fortiff.be/?page=c126 Col de Crous (petit ouvrage du)] at fortiff.be {{in lang|fr}}
- {{Base Mérimée|IA06000056 |Ouvrage Col de Crous}}
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