Secteur fortifié de Tarentaise

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Secteur fortifié de Tarentaise was a French defensive military sector in the Alps, built as part of the Maginot Line to guard the Tarentaise valley and the approaches to Italy.

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Secteur fortifié de Tarentaise canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French military sector
Maginot Line fortification
fortified sector
borderGuarded Italian border
constructionStartTime 1930s
coordinateSystem French military sector organization
country France
defensiveRole delay enemy advance through Tarentaise valley
frontier defense
designedToResist Italian invasion
era World War II
interwar period
fortificationType field fortifications
permanent fortifications
garrisonedBy French Alpine troops
fortress infantry units
geographicalContext southeastern France
hasLanguage French
hasPart artillery positions
bunkers
fortified positions
infantry shelters
observation posts
heritageStatus remains visible in landscape
locatedIn Alps
Tarentaise Valley
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Savoie
locatedInCountry France
locatedOn French-Italian Alpine front
militaryBranch French Army
militaryTheater Western Front of World War II
namedAfter Tarentaise
linked to: Tarentaise Valley
operator French Third Republic
opponent Kingdom of Italy
partOf Alpine Line
Alpine extension of the Maginot Line
French border defenses in the Alps
Maginot Line
primaryFunction defense of Tarentaise valley
defense of approaches to Italy
status disused military fortification
strategicObjective control of Alpine passes
protection of routes to Italy
terrainType mountainous
usedInConflict Battle of France
Second World War
linked to: World War II

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Alpine fortified sectors hasPart Secteur fortifié de Tarentaise