Alpine Line

Alpine Line

Infobox Military Structure
name= Alpine Line
location= Southeastern France


caption=
built= 1930–40
materials= Concrete, steel
used= 1935–69
type= Defensive line
controlledby= France
garrison=
commanders=
battles= Battle of France
The Alpine Line (French: "Ligne Alpine") or Little Maginot Line (French: "Petite Ligne Maginot") was the component of the Maginot Line that defended the southeastern portion of France. In contrast to the main line in the northeastern portion of France, the Alpine Line traversed a mountainous region of the Maritime Alps, the Cottian Alps and the Graian Alps, with relatively few passes suitable for invading armies. Access was difficult for construction and for the Alpine Line garrisons. Consequently, fortifications were smaller in scale than the fortifications of the main Line.

The Italian counterpart to the Alpine Line was Italy's Alpine Wall, the western portions of which faced the Alpine Line across the Alpine Valleys.

ee also

* List of works on Alpine Line
* List of all works on Maginot Line
* Siegfried Line
* Atlantic Wall
* Alpine Wall

Notes

References

*Allcorn, William. "The Maginot Line 1928-45." Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003. ISBN 1-84176-646-1
*Kauffmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W. "Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II", 2006. ISBN 0-275-98345-5

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