Ouvrage La Séréna

Ouvrage La Séréna
Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Southeast France
Ouvrage La Séréna is located in France
Ouvrage La Séréna
Ouvrage La Séréna
Coordinates44°03′22″N 7°09′31″E / 44.05609°N 7.15871°E / 44.05609; 7.15871
Site information
Controlled byFrance
Site history
Built byCORF
In useAbandoned
MaterialsConcrete, steel, rock excavation
Battles/warsItalian invasion of France, Operation Dragoon
Ouvrage La Séréna
Type of work:Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector
└─sub-sector		Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps
└─Tinée-Vésubie, Quartier Tournairet-Vésubie
Regiment:94th BAF
Number of blocks:1
Strength:1 officer, 74 men

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 1,292 metres (4,239 ft). 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 ouvrage's 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

References

  1. ^ Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "La Séréna (po du) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  2. ^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Séréna (po du) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  3. ^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Séréna (po du) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  4. ^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Séréna (po du) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  5. ^ Mary, Tome 5, p. 49

Bibliography

  • Allcorn, William. The Maginot Line 1928-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-84176-646-1
  • Kaufmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II, Stackpole Books, 2006. ISBN 0-275-98345-5
  • Kaufmann, J.E., Kaufmann, H.W., Jancovič-Potočnik, A. and Lang, P. The Maginot Line: History and Guide, Pen and Sword, 2011. ISBN 978-1-84884-068-3
  • Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 1. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2001. ISBN 2-908182-88-2 (in French)
  • Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 4 - La fortification alpine. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009. ISBN 978-2-915239-46-1 (in French)
  • Mary, Jean-Yves; Hohnadel, Alain; Sicard, Jacques. Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 5. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009. ISBN 978-2-35250-127-5 (in French)


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