Ouvrage Col de la Buffère explained

Ouvrage Col de la Buffère
Partof:	Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Location:	Southeast France
Coordinates:	44.9904°N 6.5597°W
Map Type:	France
Map Size:	300
Builder:	CORF
Materials:	Concrete, steel, rock excavation
Used:	Abandoned
Controlledby:	France
Battles:	Italian invasion of France

Ouvrage Col de Buffere is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one combat block at an altitude of 2393m (7,851feet) on the Col de la Buffère. Additional blocks were planned but not built or were left incomplete.

Description

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

• Block 1 (entry): one Machine gun turret and two machine gun embrasures.^[1]
• Block 2 (unbuilt): one heavy twin machine gun embrasure. The block was never built, and consists of a simple wood door in a concrete frame leading to the galleries within the cliffside.^[2]
• Block 3 (uncompleted): one machine gun embrasure. The block was never built, and consists of a simple wood door in a concrete frame leading to the galleries within the cliffside.^[3]

A small emergency exit exists at the southern end of the underground gallery, armed with a machine gun port.^[4]

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 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 la Buffère (petit ouvrage du) at fortiff.be

Notes and References

1. Web site: Col de la Buffère (po du) Bloc 1. Puelinckx. Jean. Aublet . Jean-Louis . Mainguin . Sylvie. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 4 February 2010.
2. Web site: Col de la Buffère (po du) Bloc 2. Puelinckx. Jean. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 4 February 2010. etal.
3. Web site: Col de la Buffère (po du) Bloc 3. Puelinckx. Jean. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 4 February 2010. etal.
4. Web site: Col de la Buffère (po du) Sortie de secours. Puelinckx. Jean. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 4 February 2010. etal.