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This is a list of fortifications past and present, a fortification being a major physical defensive structure often composed of a more or less wall-connected series of forts.- Antonine Wall
- Atlantic Wall
- Baggush Box
- Danevirke
- Götavirke
- Great Wall of China
- Gustav Line
- Hadrian's Wall
- Hilsea lines
- Hindenburg line
- Intramuros, Manila
- Lines of Torres VedrasThe Lines of Torres Vedras were a line of forts in Portugal constructed between November 1809 and September 1810. After his troubling Spanish experience at Talavera, Wellington decided to strengthen Portugal. He first used a report of Colonel Vincent, ord
- London WallLondon Wall was the defensive wall built by the Romans around Londinium, their strategically important port town on the river Thames in England. The wall had a number of gates around the outside that led to important Roman roads, leading to other towns in
- Maginot LineThe Maginot Line was a line of concrete fortifications, tank obstacles, machine gun posts and other defenses which France constructed along her borders with Germany and with Italy in the wake of World War I. Generally the term describes either the entire
- Mannerheim LineThe Mannerheim Line was a defensive fortification line on the Karelian Isthmus built by Finland against the Soviet Union. It was named after marshal C. Mannerheim. Some of the most fierce fighting of the Winter War took place on the line. History The firs
- Montsegur
- Offa's DykeOffa's Dyke is a massive earthwork between England and Wales, running from the estuary of the River Dee in the north to the River Wye in the south (approximately 240 km). The dyke is not continuous, being built only in areas where natural barriers did not
- Per Albin LineThe Per Albin Line was a 500 kilometer long line of fortifications erected during World War II around the coast of southern Sweden to protect the country from a possible German invasion. It was nicknamed after then Prime Minister Per Albin Hansson and str
- Siegfried LineThe original Siegfried line was a line of defensive forts and tank defences built by Germany along their border with France in 1916- 1917 during World War I. However, in English, Siegfried line more commonly refers to the similar World War II defensive li
- Stalin Line
- Suomenlinna
See also: List of forts, List of castles, List of walls, Martello tower
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