Ouvrage La Séréna Explained

Ouvrage La Séréna
Partof:	Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Location:	Southeast France
Coordinates:	44.0561°N 7.1587°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 La Séréna is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block at an altitude of 1292m (4,239feet). Two more blocks were planned but not completed before the invasion of France in 1940.^[1]

Description

• Block 1 (entry): one machine gun embrasure planned but not installed. A short section of gallery lies behind the block.^[2]
• Block 2 (infantry block): two machine gun embrasures planned but not installed, no connections to the ouvrages galleries.^[3]
• Block 3 (infantry block): one twin heavy machine gun embrasure and one heavy machine gun/25mm anti-tank gun embrasure planned but not installed, no connections to the ouvrages galleries.^[4]

The ouvrage controlled the Col del la Séréna.^[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

• Séréna (petit ouvrage du col de) at fortiff.be

Notes and References

1. Web site: La Séréna (po du) Bloc 1. Puelinckx. Jean. Aublet . Jean-Louis . Mainguin . Sylvie. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 31 January 2010.
2. Web site: Séréna (po du) Bloc 1. Puelinckx. Jean. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 31 January 2010. etal.
3. Web site: Séréna (po du) Bloc 1. Puelinckx. Jean. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 31 January 2010. etal.
4. Web site: Séréna (po du) Bloc 1. Puelinckx. Jean. 2010. Index de la Ligne Maginot. fortiff.be. fr. 31 January 2010. etal.
5. Mary, Tome 5, p. 49