Senger Line

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The Senger Line was a German defensive fortification system in central Italy during World War II, forming part of the broader series of Axis lines intended to slow the Allied advance up the Italian peninsula.

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Label Occurrences
Senger Line canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German defensive line ⓘ
military defensive position ⓘ
activeIn 1943 ⓘ
1944 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Hitler Line ⓘ
battles Allied offensive of May 1944 ⓘ
Battle of the Liri Valley ⓘ
commandedBy Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin ⓘ
conflict Italian Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign

Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
consequence enabled Allied advance toward Rome ⓘ
constructedIn 1943 ⓘ
controlledBy German Tenth Army ⓘ
country Kingdom of Italy ⓘ
fallDate May 1944 ⓘ
fortificationType anti-tank obstacles ⓘ
bunkers ⓘ
field fortifications ⓘ
minefields ⓘ
front Italian Front ⓘ
geographicExtent between the Liri Valley and the Aurunci Mountains ⓘ
south of Rome ⓘ
hasPart anti-tank gun emplacements ⓘ
artillery positions ⓘ
machine-gun nests ⓘ
locatedIn central Italy ⓘ
materialUsed concrete ⓘ
earthworks ⓘ
steel ⓘ
militaryTheater Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
namedAfter Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin ⓘ
opposedBy Allied forces ⓘ
British Eighth Army ⓘ
U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
partOf Axis defensive lines in Italy ⓘ
German defensive system in Italy ⓘ
defensive belt south of Rome ⓘ
purpose to defend approaches to Rome ⓘ
to slow Allied advance up the Italian peninsula ⓘ
relatedTo Caesar C Line ⓘ
Gustav Line ⓘ
Winter Line ⓘ
result breached by Allied forces ⓘ
strategicRole fallback position for German forces ⓘ
secondary line behind the Gustav Line ⓘ
timePeriod World War II ⓘ
usedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Axis defenses in Italy → hasPart → Senger Line ⓘ
Hitler Line → alsoKnownAs → Senger Line ⓘ
Liri Valley operations → relatedTo → Senger Line ⓘ