Barbara Line

Battle for the Barbara Line
Part of the Italian Campaign of World War II
Date1 – 9 November 1943
Location
Result Allied victory
Belligerents

 United Kingdom

 United States
 Germany
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Harold Alexander
United Kingdom Bernard Montgomery
United Kingdom Oliver Leese
United States Mark Clark
Nazi Germany Albert Kesselring
German prepared defensive lines south of Rome.

During the Italian Campaign of World War II, the Barbara Line was a series of German military fortifications in Italy, some 10–20 mi (16–32 km) south of the Gustav Line, from Colli al Volturno to the Adriatic Coast in San Salvo and a similar distance north of the Volturno Line. Near the eastern coast, it ran along the line of the Trigno river. The line mostly consisted of fortified hilltop positions. The line was broken by the allied army in November 1943 following which the Axis forces withdrew to the defensible positions of the Winter Line.