Caesar C Line

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Caesar C Line was a German World War II defensive fortification line in northern Italy designed to slow the Allied advance.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Caesar C Line canonical 3
Caesar Line 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II defensive line ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Caesar Line ⓘ
linked to: Caesar C Line
builtBy German military engineers ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
controlledBy German Army Group C ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
dateOfMajorEngagement June 1944 ⓘ
May 1944 ⓘ
designedTo slow the Allied advance ⓘ
engagedForce British Eighth Army ⓘ
U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
follows Gustav Line ⓘ
fortificationType anti-tank obstacles ⓘ
bunkers ⓘ
field fortifications ⓘ
trenches ⓘ
geographicExtent from Tyrrhenian Sea near Anzio ⓘ
to Apennine Mountains ⓘ
towards Adriatic sector north of Rome ⓘ
historicalEvent Allied advance on Rome ⓘ
historicalRegion Lazio ⓘ
locatedInTime 1944 ⓘ
location Italy ⓘ
northern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Northern Italy
namedAfter Julius Caesar ⓘ
nearbyCity Rome ⓘ
opponent Allied forces ⓘ
partOf German defensive lines in Italy ⓘ
precedes Gothic Line ⓘ
result breached by Allied forces ⓘ
status abandoned ⓘ
strategicPurpose defend approaches to Rome ⓘ
delay Allied breakthrough in central Italy ⓘ
usedBy German Fourteenth Army ⓘ
German Tenth Army ⓘ
usedDuring Italian Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Axis defenses in Italy → hasPart → Caesar C Line ⓘ
Hitler Line → followedBy → Caesar C Line ⓘ
Senger Line → relatedTo → Caesar C Line ⓘ
Caesar C Line → alsoKnownAs → Caesar Line ⓘ
linked to: Caesar C Line