Ouvrage Baisse de Saint-Véran

Ouvrage Baisse de Saint Véran
Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Southeast France
Ouvrage Baisse de Saint Véran
Coordinates 44°00′59″N 7°25′25″E / 44.01628°N 7.42361°E / 44.01628; 7.42361
Site information
Controlled by France
Site history
Built by CORF/MOM
In use Abandoned
Materials Concrete, steel, rock excavation
Battles/wars Italian invasion of France, Operation Dragoon
Ouvrage Baisse de Saint-Véran
Type of work: Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector
└─sub-sector
Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps
└─Authion, Quartier Forca
Regiment: 75th BAF
Number of blocks: 1
Strength: 1 officer, 67 men

Ouvrage Baisse de Saint Véran is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block facing Italy. Three combat blocks and an entrance block were planned, but only Block 2 was built, with one observation/light machine gun cloche, three light machine gun embrasures and one heavy twin machine gun embrasure at an altitude of 1915 meters. However, armament was never furnished and the cloche was not fitted. Almost none of the supporting subterranean galleries were completed. The position was manned in 1940 by 68 soldiers of the 40th Demi-Brigade des Fusiliers Alpins under Sub-Lieutenant Kessler.[1]

See also

References

  1. Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Saint Véran (po de la baisse de la)". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

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