Green Line
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The Green Line was a major German defensive fortification system in central Italy during World War II, designed to slow the Allied advance up the Italian peninsula.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Green Line canonical | 2 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | German defensive line ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Gothic Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | World War II ⓘ |
| constructedBy | Organization Todt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlledBy |
German Army Group C
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wehrmacht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| designedTo | slow Allied advance up the Italian peninsula ⓘ |
| effect | delayed Allied advance toward northern Italy ⓘ |
| endPoint | Adriatic Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | no major continuous German line south of the Alps ⓘ |
| hasPart |
anti-tank obstacles
ⓘ
artillery positions ⓘ bunkers ⓘ machine-gun nests ⓘ minefields ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | remains visible in some locations as historical sites ⓘ |
| languageOfName | German ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Emilia-Romagna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Italian peninsula ⓘ Marche NERFINISHED ⓘ Tuscany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | central Italy ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | German Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | color-based German code name "Grüne Linie" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCommander | Albert Kesselring NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opponent |
Allied forces
ⓘ
British Eighth Army NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Fifth Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Axis defenses in Europe
ⓘ
Italian Campaign of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Front in World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ series of German defensive lines in Italy ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Apennine Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Gustav Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
Allied offensive in late summer 1944
ⓘ
breach by Allied forces in 1944 ⓘ heavy fighting between German and Allied forces ⓘ |
| startPoint | Tyrrhenian Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | disused ⓘ |
| strategicImportance | last major German defensive barrier before the Po Valley ⓘ |
| terrainFeature |
mountainous terrain
ⓘ
river valleys ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1944 ⓘ |
| usedFor | defense against northward Allied advance ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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