Ouvrage La Béole is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line

Maginot Line

The Maginot Line , named after the French Minister of War André Maginot, was a line of concrete fortifications, tank obstacles, artillery casemates, machine gun posts, and other defences, which France constructed along its borders with Germany and Italy, in light of its experience in World War I,...

's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line

Alpine Line

The Alpine Line or Little Maginot Line was the component of the Maginot Line that defended the southeastern portion of France...

. The ouvrage consists of one entry block and two observation blocks at an altitude of 1548 metres (5,078.7 ft). The ouvrage consists of two entry blocks and one observation block facing Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

. The ouvrage was manned by 94 soldiers in 1940, under the command of Sub-Lieutenant Caillard. Additional blocks were planned but not built. The ouvrage was never provided with electricity. Three more blocks were planned but not built.

Description

• Block 1 (entry): one light machine gun embrasure and one twin heavy machine gun embrasure.
• Block 2 (entry): one light machine gun embrasure.
• Block 3 (infantry): one observation/machine gun cloche
  GFM cloche
  The GFM cloche was one of the most common defensive armaments on the Maginot Line. A cloche was a fixed and non-retractable firing position made of a thick iron casting which shielded its occupant...
  
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External links

• La Béole (petit ouvrage) at fortiff.be