Ouvrage Col d'Agnon

43°57′02″N 7°29′13″E / 43.95064°N 7.48687°E / 43.95064; 7.48687Site informationControlled byFranceSite historyBuilt byCORF/MOMIn useAbandonedMaterialsConcrete, steel, rock excavationBattles/warsItalian invasion of France, Operation Dragoon

Ouvrage Col d'Agnon
Type of work:	Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector └─sub-sector	Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps └─Authion, Quartier Cabanes-Vielles
Regiment:	85th BAF
Number of blocks:	3
Strength:	1 officer, 58 men

Ouvrage Col d'Agnon is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of two entry blocks and one observation block facing Italy at an altitude of 998 metres (3,274 ft). The ouvrage was manned by 59 soldiers in 1940 under Sub-Lieutenant Lacour.^[1] The position was sited to observe the Roya valley.^[2]

See also

• List of Alpine Line ouvrages

References

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)

External links

• Col d'Agnon (petit ouvrage) at fortiff.be (in French)
• Base Mérimée: Ouvrage Col d'Agnon, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)