Fortification

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Fortifications are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. They have been used for many thousands of years, in a variety of increasingly complex designs. The practice of improving an area's defense is also known as "fortification". Many military installations are known as forts, although they are not always "fortified".

List of fortifications

• Antonine Wall
• Atlantic Wall
• Baggush Box
• Great Wall of China
• Gustav Line
• Hadrian's Wall
• Hilsea lines
• Krak des Chevaliers
• Maginot Line
• Mannerheim Line
• Masada
• Montsegur
• Per Albin Line
• Siegfried Line
• Suomenlinna
• London Wall
• The Tower of London

See also

• abatis
• bunker
• barbed wire
• castle
• turret
• city wall
• List of forts
• Medieval fortification
• pillbox
• razor wire
• siege warfare
• stockade
• Vauban
• wire entanglement
• wire obstacle

References

• Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "Fortification" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortification, used under the GNU Free Documentation License