Ouvrage Col de Crous
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| Ouvrage Col de Crous | |
|---|---|
| Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line | |
| Southeast France | |
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| Site information | |
| Controlled by | France |
| Location | |
  Ouvrage Col de Crous | |
| Coordinates | 44°09′39″N 6°54′21″E / 44.16096°N 6.90585°E |
| Site history | |
| Built by | CORF |
| In use | Abandoned |
| Materials | Concrete, steel, rock excavation |
| Battles/wars | 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 1,963 metres (6,440 ft). Additional blocks were planned but not built.[1]
| Ouvrage Col de Crous | |
|---|---|
| Type of work: | Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage) |
| sector └─sub-sector | Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps └─Mounier, Quartier Haut-Var |
| Regiment: | 74th BAF |
| Number of blocks: | 3 |
| Strength: | 2 officers, 98 men |
- 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]