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Ouvrage Col de Crous

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Controlled by
  
France

In use
  
Abandoned

Built by
  
CORF

Ouvrage Col de Crous

Materials
  
Concrete, steel, rock excavation

Battles/wars
  
Italian invasion of France, Operation Dragoon

Similar
  
Ouvrage Col du Granon, Ouvrage Col de Garde, Ouvrage Col de Restefond, Ouvrage Flaut, Ouvrage La Moutière

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.

Contents

Map of Col de Crous, 06470 P%C3%A9one, France

Description

  • 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.

    References

    Ouvrage Col de Crous Wikipedia
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