Moro River

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The Moro River is a waterway in Italy that was a significant geographic obstacle and focal point during World War II fighting, particularly in the Battle of the Moro River.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Moro River canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedWith Allied advance toward Pescara ⓘ
Ortona campaign ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Ortona
battleDate December 1943 ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
drainageBasin Adriatic Sea basin ⓘ
linked to: Adriatic Sea
flowsInto Adriatic Sea ⓘ
hasNameInLanguage Fiume Moro ⓘ
hasRole geographic obstacle ⓘ
natural defensive barrier ⓘ
languageOfName Italian ⓘ
locatedIn Abruzzo ⓘ
province of Chieti ⓘ
locatedOnContinent Europe ⓘ
mouthLocatedIn Adriatic Sea ⓘ
near Fossacesia ⓘ
Ortona ⓘ
San Leonardo ⓘ
San Vito Chietino ⓘ
Villa Rogatti ⓘ
partOf eastern sector of the Gustav Line ⓘ
linked to: Gustav Line
significantDuring Italian Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign

World War II ⓘ
usedAs military defensive line ⓘ
wasAttackedBy British Eighth Army ⓘ
Canadian 1st Infantry Division ⓘ
wasDefendedBy German 10th Army ⓘ
linked to: German Tenth Army

German LXXVI Panzer Corps ⓘ
linked to: LXXVI Panzer Corps
wasSiteOf Battle of the Moro River ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

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

Mano River → hasTributary → Moro River ⓘ