单词 | mannerheim line |
释义 | Mannerheim Linen. A fortified defence line across the Karelian Isthmus, built in the 1930s to protect Finland from attack by Russia. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun] > series of fortifications > specific series Hindenburg Line1917 Siegfried Line1917 Maginot Line1936 Siegfried Line1938 Mannerheim Line1939 Atlantic Wall1944 1939 Times 8 Dec. 9/3 In the south the Mannerheim Line, a system of prepared defences in depth.., extends right across the Karelian Isthmus from the Gulf of Finland to Lake Ladoga. 1959 S. Burickson Conc. Dict. Contemp. Hist. 122 The Mannerheim Line, a line of defenses against Russia..was captured and destroyed (1940) by the Russians. 1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. IV. 209/2 [C. G. E. Mannerheim] was appointed chief of the National Defence Council (1930–9), and planned the ‘Mannerheim Line’, a fortified line of defence across the Karelian isthmus. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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