Bernhard Line

In World War II, German defensive line established in Italy 1943 running from the Garigliano River to Castel di Sangri in the Apennine Mountains.

Its purpose was to delay the Allied advance as it approached the main Gustav Line defences; it was broken by the Allies November 1943. It was also known by the Germans as the ‘Reinhardt Line’ and by the Allies simply as the ‘Winter Line’.