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Free French forces assaulted Roche-la-Croix on 22 April 1945, with the German garrison surrendering after 17 hours. Immediately after the war, the Alpine region was regarded as an area of medium priority for restoration and reuse by the military. By the 1950s the positions in the
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449:. On the 24th the turret and casemate fired at the Col RĂ©mi and the TĂŞte-Dure, as well as the Col de Larche. The armistice of 25 June brought action to an end. During this period Roche-la-Crox fired 1909 shots from the turret, 401 from the casemate and 128 shorts from the mortar battery.
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were restored and operational again. However, by 1960, with France's acquisition of nuclear weapons, the cost and effectiveness of the
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854:
Hommes et
Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 4 - La fortification alpine.
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and disarmed them. In August 1943, southern France was occupied by the
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Fortress France: The
Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II
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Kaufmann, J.E., Kaufmann, H.W., JancoviÄŤ-PotoÄŤnik, A. and Lang, P.
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for a broader discussion of the
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Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010).
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871:Hommes et Ouvrages de la Ligne Maginot, Tome 5.
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741:Index de la Fortification Française 1874-1914
563:Mary, Tome 4 - La fortification alpine, p. 29
543:Index de la Fortification Française 1874-1914
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737:"Roche-Lacroix (batterie supérieure de)"
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1134:Fortified Sector of the Maritime Alps
735:Puelinckx, Jean; et al. (2010).
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203:└─Ubaye-Ubayette, Quartier Meyronnes
840:The Maginot Line: History and Guide
1344:Museums in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
824:Kaufmann, J.E. and Kaufmann, H.W.
363:A proposed gallery to connect the
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1298:Defensive Organization of Corsica
814:Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2003.
1046:Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné
426:Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné
267:and the valley of the Ubayette.
199:Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné
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902:Roche-Lacroix (gros ouvrage de)
1324:World War II museums in France
710:"Roche-Lacroix (go de) Bloc 6"
683:"Roche-Lacroix (go de) Bloc 5"
656:"Roche-Lacroix (go de) Bloc 4"
629:"Roche-Lacroix (go de) Bloc 3"
602:"Roche-Lacroix (go de) Bloc 2"
575:"Roche-Lacroix (go de) Bloc 1"
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539:"Roche-Lacroix (redoute de)"
482:List of Alpine Line ouvrages
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911:Roche-Lacroix (redoute de)
164:Italian invasion of France
971:Fortified Sector of Savoy
828:, Stackpole Books, 2006.
812:The Maginot Line 1928-45.
788:Mary, Tome 5, pp. 164-175
770:Mary, Tome 5, pp. 104-107
714:Index de la Ligne Maginot
687:Index de la Ligne Maginot
660:Index de la Ligne Maginot
633:Index de la Ligne Maginot
606:Index de la Ligne Maginot
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357:observatoire de l'Ă©gout
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894:Roche-la-Croix website
527:Mary, Tome 5, p. 35–37
497:Ouvrage Saint Ours Bas
241:Ouvrage Roche-la-Croix
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797:Kaufmann 2011, p. 263
761:Kaufmann 2006, p. 178
447:Ouvrage Plate Lombard
398:44.4646611; 6.7998500
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1069:Les Aittes
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504:References
88:44°28′07″N
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1247:Castillon
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1232:L'Agaisen
1167:La Séréna
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