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Coordinates: 44°52′00″N, 6°44′00″E
Ouvrage Les Aittes
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Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage) |
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Fortified Sector of Dauphine
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Ouvrage Les Aittes was a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consisted of one entry block, three infantry blocks and one observation block facing Italy, about 2two kilometers east of Cervières, Hautes-Alpes.
[edit] References
- Allcorn, William. The Maginot Line 1928-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-84176-646-1
- Kauffmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II, 2006. ISBN 0-275-98345-5
[edit] See also
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Alpine Line (Little Maginot Line) |
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| Fortified Sector of Savoy (La Tarentaise) |
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| Fortified Sector of Savoy (La Maurienne) |
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| Fortified Sector of Dauphiné |
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| Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps |
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| Maginot Line |
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