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Ouvrage Rimplas
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Large artillery work (Grand ouvrage) |
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Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps
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Ouvrage Rimplas was a work (gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, known also as the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consisted of one entry block, two infantry blocks and three artillery blocks facing Italy. It was the first ouvrage of any portion of the Maginot Line to be completed, in 1928.
[edit] References
- Allcorn, William. The Maginot Line 1928-45. Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-84176-646-1
- Kauffmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II, 2006. ISBN 0-275-98345-5
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Alpine Line (Little Maginot Line) |
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| Fortified Sector of Savoy (La Maurienne) |
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| Fortified Sector of Dauphiné |
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| Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps |
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| Maginot Line |
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