Ouvrage Plate Lombard

Ouvrage Plate Lombard
Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Southeast France
Ouvrage Plate Lombard
Coordinates 44°30′55″N 6°49′29″E / 44.51531°N 6.82469°E / 44.51531; 6.82469
Site information
Controlled by France
Site history
Built by MOM
In use Abandoned
Materials Concrete, steel, rock excavation
Battles/wars Italian invasion of France
Ouvrage Plate Lombard
Type of work: Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector
└─sub-sector
Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné, Vallée de l'Ubaye
└─Ubaye-Ubayette, Quartier Saint-Paul
Regiment: 83rd Batailllon Alpin de Fortresse
Number of blocks: 4
Strength: 1 officer, 52 men

Ouvrage Plate Lombard is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, two infantry blocks and one observation block. Unusually for an ouvrage, Plate-Lombard was built by MOM (Main d'Oeuvre Militaire), which usually was responsible for lesser fortifications. The isolated position was commanded in 1940 by Lieutenant de Loye. It controlled the Fouillouse valley and the Col du Vallonet.[1]

Description

History

See Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné for a broader discussion of the Dauphiné sector of the Alpine Line.

Plate-Lombard saw action against Italian forces on 22 June 1940, when covering fire from Ouvrage Roche-la-Croix assisted with the defense of Plate Lombard. After German forces occupied southern France, Free French forces completed the liberation of the Briançon area on 25 April 1945.[6]

See also

References

  1. Mary, Tome 5, p. 31
  2. Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Plate Lombard (po de la) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  3. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Plate Lombard (po de la) Bloc 2". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  4. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Plate Lombard (po de la) Bloc 3". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  5. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Plate Lombard (po de la) Bloc 4". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  6. Mary, Tome 5, p.150

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