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	[[Image:ItalyDefenseLinesSouthofRome1943 4.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|German prepared defensive lines south of Rome]]		[[Image:ItalyDefenseLinesSouthofRome1943 4.jpg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|German prepared defensive lines south of Rome]]
	The '''Caesar Line''' was the last [[Wehrmacht\|German]] line of defence in [[Italy]] before [[Rome]] during the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)\|Italian Campaign]] of the [[World War II\|Second World War]]. It extended from the west coast near [[Ostia (town)\|Ostia]], over the Alban Hills south of Rome, from [[Valmontone]] to [[Avezzano]] and then to [[Pescara]] on the [[Adriatic Sea\|Adriatic]] coast. Behind the western half of the line was a subsidiary line, the [[Roman switch line]] which took a path north of Rome.		The '''Caesar Line''' was the last [[Wehrmacht\|German]] line of defence in [[Italy]] before [[Rome]] during the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)\|Italian Campaign]] of the [[World War II\|Second World War]].

	When the Caesar C Line defences, manned by the [[14th Army (Wehrmacht)\|German 14th Army]], were breached by the [[United States Army North\|U.S. Fifth Army]] on 30 May 1944, following the [[Battle of Anzio\|breakout from Anzio]], the road to Rome was finally opened. The Germans retreated to their next line of defence, the [[Trasimene Line]] where the 14th Army re-aligned with the [[10th Army (Wehrmacht)\|German 10th Army]] before withdrawing to the formidable defences of the [[Gothic Line]].		== Geography ==
			The extended from the west coast near [[Ostia (town)\|Ostia]], over the Alban Hills south of Rome, from [[Valmontone]] to [[Avezzano]] and then to [[Pescara]] on the [[Adriatic Sea\|Adriatic]] coast. Behind the western half of the line was a subsidiary line, the [[Roman switch line]] which took a path north of Rome.{{cn\|date=November 2025}}

			== Roman switch line (subsidiary line) ==
			The '''Roman switch line''' was a line of defense that branched off the [[Caesar C line]] and running north of [[Rome]] towards coast of the [[Tyrrhenian Sea]]. The next line was [[Trasimene Line]] in central Italy which was intended to delay the Allies and allow the completion of the [[Gothic Line]] a major defensive works north of [[Florence]].

			== Breach of the line ==
			When the Caesar C Line defences, manned by the [[14th Army (Wehrmacht)\|German 14th Army]], were breached by the [[United States Army North\|U.S. Fifth Army]] on 30 May 1944, following the [[Battle of Anzio\|breakout from Anzio]], the road to Rome was finally opened and Rome fell on 4 June.<ref>{{cite book \|last1=Oliver \|first1=Dennis \|title=Panther German Army Medium Tank: Italian Front, 1944–1945 \|date=5 January 2024 \|publisher=Pen and Sword Military \|isbn=978-1-3990-6501-6 \|page=30 \|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Panther_German_Army_Medium_Tank/-WeIEAAAQBAJ \|language=en}}</ref>

			The Germans retreated to their next line of defence, the [[Trasimene Line]] where the 14th Army re-aligned with the [[10th Army (Wehrmacht)\|German 10th Army]] before withdrawing to the formidable defences of the [[Gothic Line]].{{cn\|date=November 2025}}

	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[Operation Shingle\|Battle of Anzio]]		*[[Operation Shingle\|Battle of Anzio]]

			==References==
			{{reflist}}

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Caesar C Line}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Caesar C Line}}
	[[Category:German World War II defensive lines]]		[[Category:German World War II defensive lines]]
	[[Category:Italian campaign (World War II)]]		[[Category:Italian campaign (World War II)]]
			[[Category:Rome in World War II]]
	[[Category:World War II sites in Italy]]		[[Category:World War II sites in Italy]]

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{{Unreferenced|date=December 2022}}
{{Campaignbox Italy}}
[[Image:ItalyDefenseLinesSouthofRome1943 4.jpg|thumb|right|300px|German prepared defensive lines south of Rome]]
The '''Caesar Line''' was the last [[Wehrmacht|German]] line of defence in [[Italy]] before [[Rome]] during the [[Italian Campaign (World War II)|Italian Campaign]] of the [[World War II|Second World War]]. It extended from the west coast near [[Ostia (town)|Ostia]], over the Alban Hills south of Rome, from [[Valmontone]] to [[Avezzano]] and then to [[Pescara]] on the [[Adriatic Sea|Adriatic]] coast. Behind the western half of the line was a subsidiary line, the [[Roman switch line]] which took a path north of Rome.

When the Caesar C Line defences, manned by the [[14th Army (Wehrmacht)|German 14th Army]], were breached by the [[United States Army North|U.S. Fifth Army]] on 30 May 1944, following the [[Battle of Anzio|breakout from Anzio]], the road to Rome was finally opened. The Germans retreated to their next line of defence, the [[Trasimene Line]] where the 14th Army re-aligned with the [[10th Army (Wehrmacht)|German 10th Army]] before withdrawing to the formidable defences of the [[Gothic Line]].

==See also==
*[[Operation Shingle|Battle of Anzio]]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caesar C Line}}
[[Category:German World War II defensive lines]]
[[Category:Italian campaign (World War II)]]
[[Category:World War II sites in Italy]]

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