Ouvrage Fontvive Nord-ouest explained

Ouvrage Fontvive Nord-ouest
Partof:	Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Location:	Southeast France
Builder:	CORF
Materials:	Concrete, steel, rock excavation
Used:	Abandoned
Controlledby:	France
Garrison:	57
Battles:	Italian invasion of France

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.

• Block 1 (north entry): one machine gun cloche and one machine gun embrasure.^[2]
• Block 2 (north entry): one machine gun embrasure.^[3]

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

• Fontvive (abri ouvrage de) at fortiff.be

Notes and References

1. Mary, Tome 5, p. 33
2. Web site: Fontvive (abri de) Bloc 1. Puelinckx. Jean. Aublet . Jean-Louis . Mainguin . Sylvie. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 2 February 2010.
3. Web site: Fontvive (abri de) Bloc 2. Puelinckx. Jean. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 2 February 2010. etal.