page_title: Ouvrage Rimplas
section_title: References
hierarchical_section_title: Ouvrage Rimplas / References
caption_attribution_description: English: Entrance and bridge of the Maginot Line Work of Rimplas (Alpes-Maritimes) Français&#160;: Entrée et pont de l'ouvrage Maginot de Rimplas (Alpes-Maritimes) Italiano: Ingresso e ponte dell'opera Maginot di Rimplas (Alpi Marittime - Francia) Sulla parte superiore del muro si vedono i supporti e gli isolatori che sostenevano l'antenna radio.
context_page_description: Ouvrage Rimplas is a work of the Maginot Line's Alpine extension, the Alpine Line, known also as the Little Maginot Line. The ouvrage consists of one entry block, two infantry blocks and three artillery blocks at an altitude of 986 metres. It was the first ouvrage of any portion of the Maginot Line to be completed, in 1928. The ouvrage features an aerial tram entrance.
  Located on a height to the southwest of Rimplas, the position was originally called Ouvrage de la Madeleine. While it was a prototype for later work, it is not entirely typical of Maginot fortifications, with large expanses of wall armored with 20 cm steel plate and other sections overlaid with stone masonry. The construction encountered problems with soil consistency and water infiltration. The underground portion of the ouvrage, containing the ammunition magazines, living quarters, command spaces, generating plant and communication galleries between the combat blocks covers three levels. Rimplas stands on a prominent height above the Tinée and Valdeblore valleys before their streams join to form the river Var.
context_section_description: Puelinckx, Jean; Aublet, Jean-Louis; Mainguin, Sylvie (2010). "Rimplas (go du)". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  Mary, Tome 4 – La fortification alpine, pp. 34–37
  Mary, Tome 4, p.29
  Mary, Tome 5, p. 48
  Puelinckx, Jean;  et al. (2010). "Rimplas (go du) Bloc 1". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  Puelinckx, Jean;  et al. (2010). "Rimplas (go du) Bloc 2". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  Puelinckx, Jean;  et al. (2010). "Rimplas (go du) Bloc 3". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  Puelinckx, Jean;  et al. (2010). "Rimplas (go du) Bloc 4". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  Puelinckx, Jean;  et al. (2010). "Rimplas (go du) Bloc 5". Index de la Ligne Maginot (in French). fortiff.be. Retrieved 31 January 2010.
  "L'Ouvrage" (in French). Les Amis de l'Ouvrage Maginot de la Madeleine. 2009. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2010.
  Kaufmann 2011, pp. 269–270
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