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Ouvrage Pas du Roc
Part of Maginot Line, Alpine Line
Southeast France
Ouvrage Pas du Roc is located in France
Ouvrage Pas du Roc
Ouvrage Pas du Roc
Coordinates45°08′26″N 6°39′12″E / 45.1406°N 6.65333°E / 45.1406; 6.65333
Site information
Controlled byFrance
Site history
In useAbandoned
MaterialsConcrete, steel, rock excavation
Battles/warsItalian invasion of France
Ouvrage Pas du Roc
Type of work:Large artillery work (Gros ouvrage)
sector
└─sub-sector
Fortified Sector of Savoy
└─Moyenne-Maurienne, Quartier des Cols Sud
Regiment:81st Batailllon Alpin de Fortresse, 164th Régiment d'Artillerie de Position
Number of blocks:5
Strength:5 officers, 167 men

Ouvrage Pas du Roc is a work (gros ouvrage) of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry blocks, one infantry block, two artillery blocks and one observation block 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Modane and 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) east of Ouvrage Le Lavoir in the vicinity of the Col de Fréjus. The position was incomplete at the outbreak of war in 1940.[1]

  1. ^ Mary, Tome 5, pp. 18–19

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