The
Gustav Line, during
World War II, was a series of
German military fortifications, constructed by
Organisation Todt, which ran from just north of where the
Garigliano flows into the
Tyrrhenian, to the mouth of the
Sangro on the
Adriatic. Following the crossing of the Garigliano, on
January 17,
1944, by the
British X Corps[?],
Generalfeldmarschall Kesselring[?] reinforced the Gustav Line with the
29th[?] and
90th Panzergrenadier divisions[?] (which had been in
Rome). At the time of
Operation Shingle (1944), the Gustav Line was commanded by
General Heinrich von Vietinghoff of the
10th Armee[?].
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