Ouvrage Col du Fort
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Ouvrage Col du Fort is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block and one observation block at an elevation of {{convert|1717|m|ft}}. An additional block was planned but not built.{{cite web|url=http://www.fortiff.be/maginot/index.php?p=5840|title=Col du Fort (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
- Block 1 (entry, not completed): two machine gun embrasures, never armed.{{cite web|url=http://www.fortiff.be/maginot/index.php?p=5841|title=Col du Fort (po du) Bloc 1|last=Puelinckx|first=Jean|date=2010|work=Index de la Ligne Maginot|publisher=fortiff.be|language=fr|access-date=31 January 2010|display-authors=etal}}
- Block 2 (entry): one machine gun embrasure and one heavy twin machine gun embrasure.{{cite web|url=http://www.fortiff.be/maginot/index.php?p=5842|title=Col du Fort (po du) Bloc 2|last=Puelinckx|first=Jean|date=2010|work=Index de la Ligne Maginot|publisher=fortiff.be|language=fr|access-date=31 January 2010|display-authors=etal}}
- Block 3 (observation): one observation cloche.{{cite web|url=http://www.fortiff.be/maginot/index.php?p=5843|title=Col du Fort (po du) Bloc 2|last=Puelinckx|first=Jean|date=2010|work=Index de la Ligne Maginot|publisher=fortiff.be|language=fr|access-date=31 January 2010|display-authors=etal}}
- Block 4 (unbuilt): one heavy twin machine gun embrasure. Only an opening to the gallery exists, work was interrupted by the outbreak of war in 1940.{{cite web|url=http://www.fortiff.be/maginot/index.php?p=5844|title=Col du Fort (po du) Bloc 2|last=Puelinckx|first=Jean|date=2010|work=Index de la Ligne Maginot|publisher=fortiff.be|language=fr|access-date=31 January 2010|display-authors=etal}}
The Granges-de-la-Brasque barracks is located nearby.Mary, Tome 5, p. 50
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://www.fortiff.be/maginot/index.php?p=5840 Col du Fort (petit ouvrage du)] at fortiff.be {{in lang|fr}}
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