Alberich Line

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The Alberich Line was a German World War I defensive position on the Western Front, forming part of the larger Hindenburg Line system.

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Alberich Line canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I defensive line
military fortification system
alsoKnownAs Alberich-Stellung
linked to: Siegfriedstellung
belligerent Germany
builtBy German Army
builtDuring World War I
conflict World War I
controlledBy German High Command
countryInvolved British Empire
France
Germany
United Kingdom
fortificationType deep defensive zone
prepared fallback line
frontSector Aisne sector
linked to: Aisne battlefields

Somme sector
linked to: Somme region
hasPart artillery positions
barbed wire entanglements
concrete bunkers
machine-gun positions
trenches
languageOfName German
locatedIn Aisne region
linked to: Aisne (department)

France
Picardy
Western Front
militaryTheater European theatre of World War I
namedAfter Alberich
mythological dwarf Alberich from Germanic legend
opposedBy British Army
French Army
partOf German defensive system on the Western Front
Hindenburg Line
partOfMilitaryCampaign German withdrawal to the Hindenburg Line
Operation Alberich
purpose defensive stronghold
strategic withdrawal position
to economize German manpower
to improve defensive depth
to shorten the German front line
relatedEvent German retreat from the Somme battlefield in 1917
relatedTo Battle of Arras (1917)
Second Battle of the Aisne
strategicEffect released German divisions for reserve and other fronts
shortened German front by many kilometres
timePeriod 1917
usedBy German Empire

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Hindenburg Line segment Alberich Line