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Ouvrage Croupe du Reservoir

Ouvrage Croupe du Réservoir
Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Roquebrune
Ouvrage Croupe du Réservoir
Coordinates	43°45′52″N 7°27′22″E / 43.76439°N 7.45612°E / 43.76439; 7.45612
Site information
Controlled by	France
Open to the public	No
Condition	Occupied
Site history
Built	()
Materials	Concrete, steel, rock excavation
Battles/wars	Italian invasion of France, Operation Dragoon

Ouvrage Croupe du Reservoir
Type of work:	Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector └─sub-sector	Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps └─Corniches, Quartier Menton
Work number:	EO14
Regiment:	58th DBAF
Number of blocks:	2
Strength:	1 officer, 59 men

Ouvrage Croupe du Réservoir is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. Located on the heights of Roquebrune at an elevation of 139 meters, the ouvrage consists of one entry block and one observation block facing Italy and covering the Grande Corniche road. The fortification was manned by 60 troops of the 58th Demi-Brigade Alpin de Forteresse (DBAF) under the command of sous-lieutenant Roman.^[1]

Description[edit]

Croupe-du-Réservoir is located in a hill above Ouvrage Cap Martin, positioned to prevent infiltration along the corniche road. Two blocks are connected by a gallery with short side passages.^[2]

• Block 1 (entry): One machine gun port and one grenade launcher port.^[3]
• Block 2 (infantry): One machine gun cloche. There were no other ports or firing positions.^[4]

The ouvrage is privately occupied and has been kept in an excellent state of preservation.^[3]

See also[edit]

• List of Alpine Line ouvrages

References[edit]

Bibliography[edit]

• 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 1. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2001. ISBN 2-908182-88-2 (in French)
• 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[edit]

• Croupe du Réservoir (petit ouvrage) at fortiff.be (in French)

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