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Ouvrage Gondran
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Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage) |
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Fortified Sector of Dauphine
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Ouvrage Granon was a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consisted of one entry block, one infantry block and one observation block facing Italy. Its chief armament was a pair of machine guns.
[edit] History
On 18 June 1940 the ouvrage was fired upon by the Italian Fort Chaberton [1].
[edit] References
- Allcorn, William. The Maginot Line 1928-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-84176-646-1
- Kauffmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II, 2006. ISBN 0-275-98345-5
[edit] See also
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Alpine Line (Little Maginot Line) |
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| Fortified Sector of Savoy (La Tarentaise) |
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| Fortified Sector of Savoy (La Maurienne) |
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| Fortified Sector of Dauphiné |
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| Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps |
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| Maginot Line |
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