The Volturno Line (also known as the Viktor Line; German: Volturno-Linie, Viktor-Linie, Italian: Linea del Volturno) was a German defensive position in Italy during the Italian Campaign of World War II.
The line ran from Termoli in the east, along the Biferno River through the Apennine Mountains to the Volturno River in the west.
Following the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943 the German forces set up a series of defensive lines across Italy, intended to delay the Allied advance. The Volturno Line was the southernmost of these.
The VolturnoLine (also known as the Viktor Line; German: Volturno-Linie, Viktor-Linie, Italian: Linea del Volturno) was a German defensive position in...
The Volturno (ancient Latin name Volturnus, from volvere, to roll) is a river in south-central Italy. It rises in the Abruzzese central Apennines of Samnium...
Barbara Line was a series of German military fortifications in Italy, some 10–20 mi (16–32 km) south of the Gustav Line, from Colli al Volturno to the...
original on 21 November 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010. From the Volturno to the Winter Line 6 October-15 November 1943. Washington: United States Army Center...
early October, it had come up against the VolturnoLine, the first of two lines (the next being the Barbara Line) was used to delay the Allied advance to...
v t e The Hitler Line was a German Army defensive line in central Italy during the Second World War. The strong points of the line were at Piedmonte,...
The Gothic Line (German: Gotenstellung; Italian: Linea Gotica) was a German and Italian defensive line of the Italian Campaign of World War II. It formed...
1944 to fight through the Volturno, Barbara and Bernhardt lines to reach the Gustav Line, the backbone of the Winter Line defenses, setting the scene...
consisting of five American and three British divisions, reached the line of the Volturno River on 6 October. This provided a natural defensive barrier, securing...
machine gun fire. While taking part in the October Allied assault on the VolturnoLine, near Mignano Monte Lungo Hill 193, he and his company repelled an attack...
Churchill, then in the United States. It read "Mincemeat swallowed rod, line and sinker by the right people and from the best information they look like...
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The Roman switch line was a German line of defense during World War II in Italy branching off the Caesar C line and running north of Rome towards coast...
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listing of the significant formations involved in the fighting on the Winter Line January 1944, during the period generally known as the First Battle of Monte...
The Trasimene Line (so-named for Lake Trasimene, the site of a major battle of the Second Punic War in 217 BC) was a German defensive line during the Italian...
up the Italian Peninsula. A major German defensive position, the Gothic Line, ran across the peninsula a short distance south of the Sammarinese border...
Line and VolturnoLine further to the south as German forces retreated gradually up the peninsula. (The Reinhard was also called the Bernhardt Line.)...
shore and down the centre of the Spit to clear all positions towards the new line held by No. 40 (RM). The operation started on the evening of 1 April with...
Balcani, a cura di Amedeo Montemaggi – Edizioni Civitas, Roma 1993 Dal Volturno a Cassino, Le vicende, i luoghi e gli uomini che hanno segnato gli otto...
by the Polish military. The Allied advance north meant that the logistics line was in need of a port closer to the front lines than the ports of Pescara...
significant formations that were involved in the fighting on the Winter Line in February 1944 during the period generally known as the Second Battle of...
The Battle of the Volturno refers to a series of military clashes between Giuseppe Garibaldi's volunteers and the troops of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies...
The Caesar Line was the last German line of defence in Italy before Rome during the Italian Campaign of the Second World War. It extended from the west...
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maintenance of Line 2 and pedestrian subways. Ente Autonomo Volturno is currently responsible for the transport services and maintenance of Line 11 and pedestrian...
1st Division. Axis forces were now settled on a second defensive line, the Etna Line, running from San Fratello on the north coast through Troina and...
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