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.

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Label Occurrences
Caesar C Line canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II defensive line
alsoKnownAs Caesar Line NERFINISHED
builtBy German military engineers
conflict World War II
controlledBy German Army Group C NERFINISHED
Wehrmacht NERFINISHED
country Nazi Germany
dateOfMajorEngagement June 1944
May 1944
designedTo slow the Allied advance
engagedForce British Eighth Army NERFINISHED
U.S. Fifth Army NERFINISHED
follows Gustav Line NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
historicalRegion Lazio NERFINISHED
locatedInTime 1944
location Italy
northern Italy NERFINISHED
namedAfter Julius Caesar NERFINISHED
nearbyCity Rome NERFINISHED
opponent Allied forces
partOf German defensive lines in Italy
precedes Gothic Line NERFINISHED
result breached by Allied forces
status abandoned
strategicPurpose defend approaches to Rome
delay Allied breakthrough in central Italy
usedBy German Fourteenth Army NERFINISHED
German Tenth Army NERFINISHED
usedDuring Italian Campaign NERFINISHED

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Axis defenses in Italy hasPart Caesar C Line
Hitler Line followedBy Caesar C Line