Linea Gotica

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Linea Gotica was a major German defensive line in northern Italy during World War II, designed to halt the Allied advance through the Italian peninsula.

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Linea Gotica canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf German defensive line ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Gotenstellung ⓘ
Gothic Line ⓘ
builtBy Organization Todt ⓘ
linked to: Organisation Todt
commandedBy Albert Kesselring ⓘ
Heinrich von Vietinghoff ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
constructedBy Nazi Germany ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
controlledBy Army Group C ⓘ
country Germany ⓘ
currentUse historical site ⓘ
extendsFrom Tyrrhenian Sea ⓘ
extendsTo Adriatic Sea ⓘ
followedBy Green Line II (local sectors and fallback positions) ⓘ
front Italian Front ⓘ
geographicalExtent from La Spezia area on the Tyrrhenian coast to Pesaro–Rimini sector on the Adriatic coast ⓘ
hasFeature anti-tank obstacles ⓘ
artillery positions ⓘ
bunkers ⓘ
concrete fortifications ⓘ
minefields ⓘ
heritage remains of fortifications visible in several locations in northern Italy ⓘ
involves Italian Social Republic forces ⓘ
languageOfName Italian ⓘ
locatedIn Italy ⓘ
northern Italy ⓘ
linked to: Northern Italy
locatedNear Pisa ⓘ
Rimini ⓘ
notableBattle Allied offensive on the Gothic Line (August–September 1944) ⓘ
Battle of Rimini ⓘ
opposedBy Allied forces ⓘ
British Eighth Army ⓘ
U.S. Fifth Army ⓘ
partOf German defensive system in Italy ⓘ
Italian Campaign ⓘ
linked to: Italian campaign
passesThrough Apennine Mountains ⓘ
linked to: Apennines
precededBy Gustav Line ⓘ
Hitler Line ⓘ
purpose to defend northern Italy ⓘ
to halt the Allied advance through the Italian peninsula ⓘ
status abandoned after German retreat in 1945 ⓘ
strategicRole last major German defensive line in Italy ⓘ
theater Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ
timePeriod 1944 ⓘ
1945 ⓘ

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Axis defenses in Italy → hasPart → Linea Gotica ⓘ