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coastal defence and fortification

military operations and doctrine regarding protection of coastlines against military attack
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Summary

coastal defence and fortification ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (390 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • coastal defence and fortification is a type of fortification[2].
  • coastal defence and fortification is a type of defense[3].
  • coastal defence and fortification's Commons category is recorded as Coastal fortifications[4].
  • coastal defence and fortification's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Coastal fortifications[5].
  • coastal defence and fortification's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • coastal defence and fortification's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[7].
  • coastal defence and fortification's different from is recorded as fort[8].
  • coastal defence and fortification's different from is recorded as fortification[9].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include fortification[2] and defense[3].

Why It Matters

coastal defence and fortification ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (390 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → fort, fortification
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Coastal fortifications
    Aliases → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|9 */ Yso id: 23552, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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