Hindenburg Line

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German defensive line World War I fortification system

The Hindenburg Line was a formidable German defensive fortification system on the Western Front during World War I, designed to consolidate positions and withstand Allied offensives.

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Label Occurrences
Hindenburg Line canonical 9
Hindenburg Line defensive system 1
Hindenburg Line in World War I 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf German defensive line ⓘ
World War I fortification system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Siegfriedstellung ⓘ
breachedBy Allied forces ⓘ
breachedDuring 1918 ⓘ
completionDate 1917 ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
surface form: First World War
constructedBy German Army ⓘ
Imperial German Army ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1916 ⓘ
country German Empire ⓘ
designedTo consolidate German positions ⓘ
withstand Allied offensives ⓘ
distanceFrom roughly 40 miles behind the 1916 front in some sectors ⓘ
era early 20th century ⓘ
feature barbed wire entanglements ⓘ
concrete bunkers ⓘ
deep dugouts ⓘ
machine-gun emplacements ⓘ
trench systems ⓘ
tunnel networks ⓘ
geographicalExtent from Arras region to near Soissons ⓘ
influencedBy lessons from earlier Western Front battles ⓘ
locatedIn Belgium ⓘ
France ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
militaryBranch German Army on the Western Front ⓘ
namedAfter Paul von Hindenburg ⓘ
notableEvent Allied breakthrough in late September 1918 ⓘ
opposedBy American Expeditionary Forces ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
French Army ⓘ
partOf World War I ⓘ
purpose attrition of attacking forces ⓘ
economy of force ⓘ
segment Alberich Line ⓘ
Brunhild Line ⓘ
Siegfried Line ⓘ
surface form: Siegfried Line (St. Quentin–Cambrai sector)

Wotan Line ⓘ
significance key element of German defensive strategy on Western Front ⓘ
status largely dismantled ⓘ
strategicRole freed German divisions for reserve ⓘ
shortened German front line ⓘ
usedDuring Battle of Cambrai (1918) ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Cambrai

German retreat to the Hindenburg Line ⓘ
Hundred Days Offensive ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Western Front → notableFeature → Hindenburg Line ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War I)
Regina Rifle Regiment → battleHonour → Hindenburg Line ⓘ
Fort Garry Horse → battleHonour → Hindenburg Line ⓘ
Cambrai 1917 → opposedDefensiveLine → Hindenburg Line ⓘ
Battle of Cambrai → opponentDefensiveLine → Hindenburg Line ⓘ
Royal Montreal Regiment → hasBattleHonour → Hindenburg Line ⓘ
Canadian Scottish Regiment → battleHonour → Hindenburg Line ⓘ
Battle of the Hindenburg Line → defensiveLine → Hindenburg Line ⓘ
Saint-Quentin, Aisne, France → wasNear → Hindenburg Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindenburg Line in World War I
Battle of Bullecourt (1917) → locatedNear → Hindenburg Line ⓘ
Battle of Bullecourt (1917) → associatedWith → Hindenburg Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindenburg Line defensive system
World War I battlefields → hasPart → Hindenburg Line ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hindenburg Line sectors