- Source: Defense line
A defense line or fortification line is a geographically recognizable line of troops and armament, fortified and set up to protect a high-value location or defend territory.
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/or more permanent fortifications such as fortresses and bunkers.
Some notable defense lines include:
= Historical
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Great Wall of China, China
Sassanian defense lines
Great Wall of Gorgan, Persia
Derbent Walls
Defense lines of the Netherlands
Median Wall (before 401 BC)
Limes Germanicus, Germany
Hadrian's Wall, United Kingdom (122)
Antonine Wall, United Kingdom (142)
Offa's Dyke, Wales (early 5th century)
The Pale, Ireland (late 12th century)
Serpent's Wall, Ukraine
The Zasechnaya cherta (Russian: Засечная черта)) on the southern and eastern borders of the Tsardom of Russia
Western Russian fortresses, Russia
Civil War Defenses of Washington, United States
Victoria Lines, Malta (1875)
Hindenburg Line, France (1916)
Maginot Line, France (1929)
Schuster Line, Luxembourg
Metaxas Line, Greece (1936-1941)
Siegfried Line, Germany
Mannerheim Line, Finland (1939–1940)
K-W Line, Belgium (1939)
Salpa Line, Finland (1940)
Gothic Line, Italy
Winter Line (Gustav, Bernhardt and Hitler Lines), Italy (1943-1944)
Panther–Wotan line, Russia (1943)
Pusan Perimeter, South Korea (1950)
McNamara Line, South Vietnam (1966)
Bar Lev Line, Sinai Peninsula (1973)
= Modern
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Russia–Ukraine barrier, Ukraine
Wagner Line, Ukraine
Muhamalai FDL, Sri Lanka
Nagarcoil FDL, Sri Lanka
Baltic Defence Line, Baltic states
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