The Caesar C Line ( German Caesar C Linie ) is one of the main defensive lines in the system of German fortifications under the general name " Winter Line " in Central Italy during the Second World War .
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The Caesar C line was the last line behind the Bernhardt line in front of Rome in this fortification system and stretched from the west coast of Italy near Ostia , the Albanian mountains south of the capital, further from Valmontone to Avezzano and Pescara on the Adriatic coast of Italy. The boundary of the “Caesar line” had behind the western branch of the fortifications an additional line of defense - the so-called “Roman shunting line” that ran north of Rome .
With the gradual advance of the allied forces, Field Marshal Alexander at the Italian Theater of Action “Caesar C Line” began to play a decisive role in the plans for the defense of German troops.
May 30, 1944 , the beginning of Operation Diadem and the breakthrough of American troops of the 5th Army of General M. Clark from the bridgehead near Anzio , the Allies broke through the reinforced positions of the German forces of the 14th Field Army, Colonel General E. Fon Mackensen .
On June 2, Caesar C's line fell and the path to Rome was open. The retreating Wehrmacht troops retreated to the next line - the Trasimeno line , where, after regrouping and approaching the reserves, the 14th Army, in cooperation with the 10th Army G. von Fitingof, restrained the further Allied offensive and enabled the main forces of the Wehrmacht High Command “Southwest » Go defense on the main line of the Gotha line .
See also
- Bernhardt Line
- Fights for Monte Cassino
- Salerno Airborne Operation
- Stalin's line
- Trasimeno line
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Literature
- Clark, Lloyd (2006). Anzio: The Friction of War. Italy and the Battle for Rome 1944. Headline Publishing Group, London. ISBN 978-0-7553-1420-1 .
- Muhm, Gerhard. Tactics in the Italian Campaign "" (link not available)