Defense line
The Victoria Lines, a line of fortification in Malta built to divide the sparsely populated north of the island from the densely populated south
Defense line or fortification line is a geographically-recognizable line of troops and armament, fortified and set up to protect a high-value location during an armed conflict.
A defense line may be based on natural difficult terrain features, such as rivers or marshes, mountain ranges, or coastlines; temporary field fortification works such as trenches; and more permanent fortifications such as fortresses and bunkers.
List of defense lines
Some notable defense lines include:
- Historical
- Median Wall
- Great Wall of China, China
- Sassanian defense lines
- Great Wall of Gorgan, Persia
- Derbent Walls
- Limes Germanicus, Germany
- Hadrian's Wall, UK
- Maginot Line, France
- Hindenburg Line, France
- Victoria Lines, Malta
- Western Russian fortresses, Russia
- Siegfried Line, Germany
- Gothic Line, Italy
- Panther–Wotan line, Russia
- K-W Line, a defense line line between Koningshooikt and Wavre during World War II
- Schuster Line, Luxembourg
- Modern
- Russia–Ukraine barrier, Ukraine
See also
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