Ouvrage Baisse de Saint-Véran explained

Ouvrage Baisse de Saint Véran
Partof:Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Location:Southeast France
Coordinates:44.0163°N 7.4236°W
Map Type:France
Map Size:300
Builder:CORF/MOM
Materials:Concrete, steel, rock excavation
Used:Abandoned
Controlledby:France
Battles:Italian invasion of France, Operation Dragoon

Ouvrage Baisse de Saint Véran is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block facing Italy. Three combat blocks and an entrance block were planned, but only Block 2 was built, with one observation/light machine gun cloche, three light machine gun embrasures and one heavy twin machine gun embrasure at an altitude of 1915 meters. However, armament was never furnished and the cloche was not fitted. Almost none of the supporting subterranean galleries were completed. The position was manned in 1940 by 68 soldiers of the 40th Demi-Brigade des Fusiliers Alpins under Sub-Lieutenant Kessler.[1]

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  1. Web site: Saint Véran (po de la baisse de la). Puelinckx. Jean. Aublet . Jean-Louis . Mainguin . Sylvie. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 28 January 2010.