Monte la Difensa

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Monte la Difensa is a strategically important mountain in Italy that was the site of intense fighting during the Italian Campaign of World War II.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Monte la Difensa canonical 2
Monte La Difensa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain ⓘ
associatedWith First Special Service Force (Devil’s Brigade) ⓘ
attackedBy Allied forces ⓘ
British units ⓘ
First Special Service Force ⓘ
U.S. Fifth Army units ⓘ
linked to: U.S. Fifth Army
category Mountains of Campania ⓘ
World War II battle sites in Italy ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
dateOfEvent December 1943 ⓘ
defendedBy German Army ⓘ
hasNameInItalian Monte La Difensa ⓘ
linked to: Monte la Difensa
hasStrategicImportance controls routes toward Monte Cassino ⓘ
dominates approaches to the Liri Valley ⓘ
historicalPeriod 20th century ⓘ
impact helped open the route toward Cassino and Rome ⓘ
inConflict Italian Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign

World War II ⓘ
locatedIn Campania ⓘ
southern Apennines ⓘ
militarySignificance key height on the Bernhardt Line ⓘ
observation point over Allied advance routes ⓘ
near Mignano Gap ⓘ
Monte la Remetanea ⓘ
San Pietro Infine ⓘ
notableFor difficult night assault by First Special Service Force ⓘ
heavy casualties on both sides ⓘ
partOf Bernhardt Line ⓘ
German defensive positions in Italy ⓘ
mountainous barrier north of Naples ⓘ
resultOfBattle captured by Allied forces ⓘ
terrainFeature heavily fortified positions ⓘ
rocky terrain ⓘ
steep slopes ⓘ
usedFor military defense ⓘ
wasSiteOf Allied assault in December 1943 ⓘ
Battle of Monte la Difensa ⓘ
German defensive actions in 1943 ⓘ
fighting during the Italian Campaign of World War II ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bernhardt Line → near → Monte la Difensa ⓘ
Monte Camino → near → Monte la Difensa ⓘ
Monte la Difensa → hasNameInItalian → Monte La Difensa ⓘ
linked to: Monte la Difensa