Ouvrage Fontvive Nord-ouest
Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Southeast France
Site information
Controlled byFrance
Site history
Built byCORF
In useAbandoned
MaterialsConcrete, steel, rock excavation
Battles/warsItalian invasion of France
Garrison information
Garrison57
Ouvrage Fontvive Nord-ouest
Type of work:Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector
└─sub-sector		Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné, Vallée de l'Ubaye
└─Ubaye-Ubayette, Quartier Meyronnes
Number of blocks:2

Ouvrage Fontvive Nord-ouest is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of two infantry blocks. While it is listed in some sources as an ouvrage owing to its construction by CORF, it is more like an infantry abri or shelter.[1]

Description

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

See also

References

  1. ^ Mary, Tome 5, p. 33
  2. ^ Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Fontvive (abri de) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  3. ^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Fontvive (abri de) Bloc 2". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 2 February 2010.

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