Ouvrage La Béole Explained

Ouvrage La Beole
Partof:	Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Location:	Southeast France
Coordinates:	43.9913°N 7.4696°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 La Béole is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block and two observation blocks at an altitude of 1548m (5,079feet). The ouvrage consists of two entry blocks and one observation block facing Italy. The ouvrage was manned by 94 soldiers in 1940, under the command of Sub-Lieutenant Caillard.^[1] Additional blocks were planned but not built. The ouvrage was never provided with electricity. Three more blocks were planned but not built.^[2]

Description

• Block 1 (entry): one light machine gun embrasure and one twin heavy machine gun embrasure.^[3]
• Block 2 (entry): one light machine gun embrasure.^[4]
• Block 3 (infantry): one observation/machine gun cloche.^[5]

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

• La Béole (petit ouvrage) at fortiff.be

Notes and References

1. Web site: La Béole (po de la1). Puelinckx. Jean. Aublet . Jean-Louis . Mainguin . Sylvie. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 27 January 2010.
2. Mary, Tome 5, p. 54
3. Web site: La Béole (po de la) Bloc 1. Puelinckx. Jean. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 27 January 2010. etal.
4. Web site: La Béole (po de la) Bloc 2. Puelinckx. Jean. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 27 January 2010. etal.
5. Web site: La Béole (po de la) Bloc 3. Puelinckx. Jean. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 27 January 2010. etal.