Ouvrage Col de Restefond
Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Southeast France
Ouvrage Col de Restefond is located in France
Ouvrage Col de Restefond
Ouvrage Col de Restefond
Coordinates44°20′07″N 6°48′37″E / 44.33528°N 6.81028°E / 44.33528; 6.81028
Site information
Controlled byFrance
Site history
Built byCORF
In useAbandoned
MaterialsConcrete, steel, rock excavation
Battles/warsItalian invasion of France
Ouvrage Col de Restefond
Type of work:Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector
└─sub-sector		Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné
└─Jausiers, Quartier du Restefond
Regiment:73rd BAF
Number of blocks:3
Strength:1 officer, 82 men

Ouvrage Col de Restefond is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of three infantry blocks. It is located directly adjacent to the Col de Restefond road at an altitude of 2,680 metres (8,790 ft). Construction work was completed in 1934, but the ouvrage was not armed until 1938.

Description

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Restefond (po du col de) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  2. ^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Restefond (po du col de) Bloc 2". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  3. ^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Restefond (po du col de) Bloc 2". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010.

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Alpine Line (Little Maginot Line)
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