The Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné (Secteur Fortifié du Dauphiné) was the French military organization that in 1940 controlled the section of the Alpine...

the Defensive Sector of the Rhône to the north, and the Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné to the south. The works combined a number of pre-1914 fortifications...

Bourg-Saint-Maurice, and the Maurienne valley around Modane. Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné (secteur fortifié du Dauphiné), protecting Briançon and the Ubaye Valley...

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3 mi) to the west, built in the late 19th century. See Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné for a broader discussion of the Dauphiné sector of the Alpine Line...

from the earlier fort. See Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné for a broader discussion of the Dauphiné sector of the Alpine Line. On 19 June 1940 the ouvrage...

infantry abri or shelter. See Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné for a broader discussion of the Dauphiné sector of the Alpine Line. Block 1 (north entry):...

Nègre. The position was used by the French Army in the defense of Briançon until 1940, when it was part of the Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné. The fort...

of the Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné. The fort is composed of an armed citadel or donjon on the highest point, and a caserne on a lower shelf The Fort...

forces through northern Italy. See Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné for a broader discussion of the Dauphiné sector of the Alpine Line. Block 1 (entry): one...