Ouvrage La Déa

Ouvrage La Dea
Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Southeast France
Ouvrage La Dea
Coordinates 43°57′06″N 7°27′22″E / 43.95156°N 7.45618°E / 43.95156; 7.45618
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 La Déa
Type of work: Large artillery work (Gros ouvrage)
sector
└─sub-sector
Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps
└─Authion, Quartier Cabanes-Vielles
Regiment: 75th and 85th BAF
Number of blocks: 3
Strength: 2 officers, 79 men

Ouvrage La Déa, also known as the Petit Ouvrage de la baisse de la Déa, is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of two entry blocks and one observation block facing Italy at an altitude of 1,777 metres (5,830 ft), armed with one observation cloche and one machine gun embrasure. The ouvrage was manned by 81 soldiers in 1940, and commanded by sous-lieutenant Guillemin.[1] The position was sited to control the Maglia valley. A fourth block with three machine gun positions was not built.[2]

See also

References

  1. Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Déa (po de la baisse de la)". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  2. Mary, Tome 5, p. 54

Bibliography

External links


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, September 07, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.