Ouvrage Col de la Buffère
44°59′25″N 6°33′35″E / 44.99040°N 6.55970°E / 44.99040; 6.55970Site information Controlled by France Site history Built by CORF In use Abandoned Materials Concrete, steel, rock excavation Battles/wars Italian invasion of France
Fortified Sector of Savoy (La Tarentaise) Fortified Sector of Savoy (La Maurienne) Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps Corsica
Ouvrage Col de la Buffère | |
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Type of work: | Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage) |
sector └─sub-sector | Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné/Briançonnais └─Haute-Clarée - Guisane, Quartier Bufere-Granon |
Regiment: | 82nd Batailllon Alpin de Fortresse |
Number of blocks: | 1 |
Strength: | 1 officer, 40 men |
Ouvrage Col de Buffere is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one combat block at an altitude of 2,393 metres (7,851 ft) on the Col de la Buffère. Additional blocks were planned but not built or were left incomplete.
Description
- See Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné for a broader discussion of the Dauphiné sector of the Alpine Line.
- Block 1 (entry): one Machine gun turret and two machine gun embrasures.[1]
- Block 2 (unbuilt): one heavy twin machine gun embrasure. The block was never built, and consists of a simple wood door in a concrete frame leading to the galleries within the cliffside.[2]
- Block 3 (uncompleted): one machine gun embrasure. The block was never built, and consists of a simple wood door in a concrete frame leading to the galleries within the cliffside.[3]
A small emergency exit exists at the southern end of the underground gallery, armed with a machine gun port.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Col de la Buffère (po du) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Col de la Buffère (po du) Bloc 2". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Col de la Buffère (po du) Bloc 3". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
- ^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Col de la Buffère (po du) Sortie de secours". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 4 February 2010.
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 4 - La fortification alpine. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009. ISBN 978-2-915239-46-1 (in 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 (in French)
External links
- Col de la Buffère (petit ouvrage du) at fortiff.be (in French)
- Base Mérimée: Ouvrage Col de la Buffère, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
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