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    The Fort de la Redoute Ruinée (literally "fort of the ruined redoubt") was a French fort overlooking the Col de la Traversette near La Rosière in the Alps...
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    the Redoute Ruinée in 1945 was an episode of the Second Battle of the Alps. The Fort de la Redoute Ruinée (Ruined Redoubt) was an old Piedmontese fort on...
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    Second Battle of the Alps (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    attacked the Fort de la Redoute Ruinée defending the Little Saint Bernard pass on 21 December 1944. Between 23 and 31 March they attacked the forts defending...
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  • President of the Republic to the Survivors of the Disaster of the Fort de la Redoute Ruinée (August 8, 1897), which was exhibited at the Salon des artistes...
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    fortification, the Redoute de Roche-la-Croix (or Fort Inférieure), built as part of the Séré de Rivières system between 1883 and 1889. The earlier fort's walls and...
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    advanced skiers. A notable feature on the higher pistes is the Redoute Ruinée, a border fort built by France in the early 1890s after the loss of Alsace...
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    Branges, command post at Picollard Fort de la Redoute Ruinée, pre-1914 Avant-poste le Planay, MOM 1939 Abri/avant-poste la Tête du Plane, MOM 1931 Abri/avant-poste...
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    Ouvrage Sapey (redirect from Fort du Sapey)
    Index de la fortification francaise 1874–1914 (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 10 February 2010. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Sapey (redoute du)"...
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    not destroyed the bridges. This route was covered by the Redoute Ruinée, the ruins of an old fort, which the French garrisoned with seventy men plus machine...
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    to the southwest of Rimplas, the position was originally called Ouvrage de la Madeleine. While it was a prototype for later work, it is not entirely typical...
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  • of one combat block at an altitude of 2,393 metres (7,851 ft) on the Col de la Buffère. Additional blocks were planned but not built or were left incomplete...
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    List of Alpine Line ouvrages (category Lists of forts)
    and French refer to these fortifications in this manner, rather than as "forts". An ouvrage typically consists of a distributed series of concrete-encased...
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    crest of the pass, guarding its southern flank. It also covered the Col de la Barcelonnette to the north. The position was built between 1931 and 1935...
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    Ouvrage Janus (redirect from Fort du Janus)
    Vauban-era round tower. In 1883 a Séré de Rivières system fortification was begun on the massif, called the Fort du Janus. Work continued until 1889 with...
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  • Mont Agel. The ouvrage forms a backup to the main curtain of Alpine Line forts, and was not initially planned as part of the Alpine Line proper. Its intended...
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  • del la Séréna. List of Alpine Line ouvrages Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "La Séréna (po du) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne...
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  • Ouvrage Col de la Valette is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage is located at an altitude...
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    Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 5. Paris, Histoire & Collections, 2009. ISBN 978-2-35250-127-5 (in French) Musée des fortifications alpines Fort Saint...
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  • Thumbnail for Ouvrage Gondran
    Ouvrage Gondran (redirect from Fort Gondran)
    Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 25 February 2010. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Gondran D (redoute du)". Index de la Ligne...
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  • Thumbnail for Ouvrage Col de Restefond
    de) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Restefond (po du col de)...
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    one artillery block and three observation blocks at the summit of the Col de la Bonette. The entry block and an artillery block were not completed, and...
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    Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Col de Crous (po du)". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January...
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  • Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Saint Véran (po de la baisse de la)". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 28 January...
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  • (2010). "La Béole (po de la) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 27 January 2010. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "La Béole...
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  • de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 27 January 2010. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Col de Brouis (go du) Bloc 3". Index de la Ligne...
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  • Ouvrage La Déa, also known as the Petit Ouvrage de la baisse de la Déa, is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine...
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    Séré de Rivières in the late nineteenth century, who expanded the Fort de Tournoux and other fortifications in the area as part of the Séré de Rivières...
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  • Thumbnail for Ouvrage Cap Martin
    Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 25 January 2010. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Cap Martin go du) Bloc 3". Index de la Ligne...
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  • Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Croup du Réservoir (PO EO14 de la)". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 25 January 2010...
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    Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 11 February 2010. Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Lavoir (go de) Bloc 3". Index de la Ligne...
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