Ouvrage Col de la Buffère | |
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Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line | |
Southeast France | |
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Coordinates | 44°59′25″N 6°33′35″E / 44.99040°N 6.55970°E / 44.99040; 6.55970 |
Site information | |
Controlled by | France |
Site history | |
Built by | CORF |
In use | Abandoned |
Materials | Concrete, steel, rock excavation |
Battles/wars | Italian invasion of France |
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.
A small emergency exit exists at the southern end of the underground gallery, armed with a machine gun port.[4]
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 the Dauphiné |
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Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps |
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Corsica |
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