Ouvrage Les Aittes

You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in French. (March 2022) Click [show] for important translation instructions.

Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Consider adding a topic to this template: there are already 1,498 articles in the main category, and specifying|topic= will aid in categorization.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing French Wikipedia article at [[:fr:Ouvrage des Aittes]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template {{Translated|fr|Ouvrage des Aittes}} to the talk page.
For more guidance, see Wikipedia:Translation.

Ouvrage Les Aittes
Type of work:	Small artillery work (Petit ouvrage)
sector └─sub-sector	Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné └─Briançon, Quartier Gondran-Aittes
Regiment:	72nd Batailllon Alpin de Fortresse
Number of blocks:	5
Strength:	1 officer, 92 men

Ouvrage Les Aittes is a lesser work (petit ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, three infantry blocks and one observation block, about two kilometers east of Cervières, Hautes-Alpes at an altitude of 2,029 metres (6,657 ft)..

Description

See Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné for a broader discussion of the Dauphiné sector of the Alpine Line.

Construction of Les Aittes started in 1932, with work continuing until 1937, under the direction of the Main d'Oeuvre Militaire (MOM). The ouvrage was excavated directly from the rock, with no concreted galleries, the longest extending 215 metres (705 ft) from the entrance to Block 2.^[1]

Block 1 (entry): one machine gun embrasure.^[2]
Block 2 (infantry): one machine gun embrasure.^[3]
Block 3 (infantry): one heavy twin machine gun embrasure.^[4]
Block 4 (infantry): one heavy twin machine gun embrasure.^[5]

In June 1940 the position was commanded by Lieutenant Renon, with 92 men.^[1]

Les Aittes is owned by the commune of Cervières, and may be visited by arrangement.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Kaufmann 2011, p. 259
^ Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Les Aittes (po de) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Les Aittes (po de) Bloc 2". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Les Aittes (po de) Bloc 3". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
^ Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010). "Les Aittes (po de) Bloc 4". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 3 February 2010.

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)