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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 71. Chapters: Fortifications of Switzerland in the 20th century, World War II defensive lines, World War I defensive lines, Maginot Line, Atlantic Wall, Gothic Line, Bernhardt Line, Spring 1945 offensive in Italy, Siegfried Line, Saxon Shore, Mannerheim Line, Alpine Line, Battle of M awa, Limes Germanicus, Dutch Water Line, Czechoslovak border fortifications, Brisbane Line, Maunsell Forts, K5 Plan, Lines of Torres Vedras, Alpine Wall, Kammhuber Line, Gin Drinkers Line, Hindenburg Line, Molotov Line, Fort de Chillon, Swedish coastal artillery, Panther-Wotan line, Lines of Weissenburg, Fort Hommet 10.5 cm Coastal Defence Gun Casement Bunker, Trasimene Line, Mareth Line, Defence lines of the Netherlands, Salpa Line, Grebbe line, Winter Line, Fort de Champillon, Volturno Line, Metaxas Line, Barbara Line, Skane Line, Stalin Line, Fortress Europe, Peel-Raam Line, Pillbox affair, Mi dzyrzecz Fortified Region, Main Line of Resistance, Toblerone line, Drocourt-Queant Line, Frontier Wire, Pomeranian Wall, Hitler Line, East Wall, KW-line, South-east wall, Caesar C line, Karelian Fortified Region, Strata Diocletiana, VT-line, VKT-line, Roman switch line, Mius-Front. Excerpt: The Gothic Line (German: Italian: ) formed Field Marshal Albert Kesselring's last major line of defence in the final stages of World War II along the summits of the Apennines during the fighting retreat of German forces in Italy against the Allied Armies in Italy commanded by General Sir Harold Alexander. Adolf Hitler had concerns about the state of preparation of the Gothic Line: He feared the Allies would use amphibious landings to out-flank its defenses. So, to downgrade its importance in the eyes of both friend and foe, he ordered the name, with its historic connotations, changed, reasoning that if the Allies managed to break through they would not be able to use t...
