Ouvrage Col de Crous explained

Ouvrage Col de Crous
Partof:	Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Location:	Southeast France
Coordinates:	44.161°N 6.9059°W
Map Type:	France
Map Size:	300
Builder:	CORF
Materials:	Concrete, steel, rock excavation
Used:	Abandoned
Controlledby:	France
Battles:	Italian invasion of France, Operation Dragoon

Ouvrage Col de Crous is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one infantry block at an altitude of 1963m (6,440feet). Additional blocks were planned but not built.^[1]

Description

• Block 1 (incomplete).
• Block 2 (not built).
• Block 3 (incomplete).
• Block 4 (infantry): two machine gun embrasures.^[1]

Two proposed petits ouvrages were proposed for the same ridge to the north, the Ouvrage du Col-de-Pal and the 'Ouvrage du col-de-Jallorgues, neither of which were started.^[2]

See also

• List of Alpine Line ouvrages

Bibliography

• Allcorn, William. The Maginot Line 1928–45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003.
• Kaufmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II, Stackpole Books, 2006.
• Kaufmann, J.E., Kaufmann, H.W., Jancovič-Potočnik, A. and Lang, P. The Maginot Line: History and Guide, Pen and Sword, 2011.
• Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 1. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2001.
• Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 4 - La fortification alpine. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009.
• Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 5. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009.

External links

• Col de Crous (petit ouvrage du) at fortiff.be

Notes and References

1. Web site: Col de Crous (po du). Puelinckx. Jean. Aublet . Jean-Louis . Mainguin . Sylvie. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 31 January 2010.
2. Mary, Tome 5, p. 46