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Operation Overlord (11,950 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Canadians at Juno. To meet the conditions expected on the Normandy beachhead, special technology was developed, including two artificial ports called
Bougainville campaign (7,916 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
phase, in which American troops landed and held the perimeter around the beachhead at Torokina, lasted from November 1943 through November 1944. The second
Third attack on Anzac Cove (4,486 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
known as Anzac Cove. The first Turkish attempts to recapture the ANZAC beachhead were two unsuccessful attacks in April. Just over two weeks later, the
Stargate SG-1 season 9 (1,846 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
empty spot was filled by guest star Claudia Black, who would leave in "Beachhead" and return for the last two episodes of Season 9, which involved her
A Walk in the Sun (1945 film) (1,750 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
A Walk in the Sun was reissued by Realart Pictures in 1951 as Salerno Beachhead. In the 1980s, the film was released on VHS tape. In 2022, A Walk in the
318th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) (2,736 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Kerch Straits into the easternmost part of the Crimea, but its small beachhead was eliminated some weeks later. After the Crimea was liberated in May
Alhucemas landing (3,503 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sector southwest of Los Frailes point. The first major effort to seize the beachhead would be exercised in those beaches; once the landing would be successfully
Kerch–Eltigen operation (1,249 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
reinforced the northern beachhead of Yenikale but was unable to prevent an Axis counterattack that collapsed the southern beachhead at Eltigen. Subsequently
Pepe Moreno (comics) (795 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
Inc (DFI), he created and designed Beach Head 2000, Beach Head 2002 and BeachHead Desert War, which were marketed by Infrogrames (Atari). DFI, in association
Battle of Gela (1943) (4,967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
attacks by Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica aircraft while defending the beachhead against attacks by Livorno Division and German Göring Division tanks until
Allied invasion of Italy (7,891 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Italian armistice.[citation needed] Because the distance from the Allied beachheads precluded any substantial Allied support of the airborne troops, Brigadier
Operation Diadem (979 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Fifth Army. The Fifth Army also controlled the U.S. VI Corps in the Anzio beachhead, some 60 miles northwest. Diadem was launched at 23:00 on 11 May 1944
Call of Duty: Elite (1,130 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Duty: Elite was an online service created by the Activision subsidiary Beachhead Studios for the multiplayer portion for the first-person shooter video
Landing at Lae (6,325 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Once this brigade had secured the beachhead, a second brigade was landed to follow them up and help expand the beachhead. In the days following the landing
Black Rock Harbor (252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the harbor on its east, while St. Mary's by the Sea forms its western beachhead. Seaside Park runs along the northeastern part of the harbor. The harbor
Central Case Examination Group (1,071 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
leaders as well as ordinary functionaries. Initially conceptualized as a beachhead by Chairman Mao Zedong's most radical supporters to 'gather dirt' on opponents
Operation Avalanche (2,987 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
counterattack by six divisions of motorized troops, hoping to throw the Salerno beachhead into the sea before it could link with the British Eighth Army. Heavy
USS Stout (1,049 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sinking four more Japanese warships and damaging two others to establish a beachhead on Bougainville Island. Stout was ordered on 13 December 1988, the keel
Battle of Porton Plantation (4,650 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Troops from the Japanese 87th Naval Garrison Force quickly surrounded the beachhead and, as their supply situation grew desperate, the Australians were forced
Richborough (1,147 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The 2008 discovery proved that this was a defensive site of a Roman beachhead, protecting 700 metres (770 yd) of coast. The suffragan bishop of Richborough
Operation Chesterfield (195 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
some disorder. A corresponding same-day American breakout at the Anzio beachhead further weakened the German situation in Italy. "Biography of Major-General
Battle of Abukir (1799) (4,905 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
So, he sought to avoid them by fortifying his beachhead with two defensive lines. From this beachhead Pasha could carry out the invasion of Egypt. However
Iris setosa (3,399 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Iris setosa, known as the beachhead iris, bristle-pointed iris, or a number of other common names, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Iris of
Culver Down (708 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Second World War. In 1545 a French force was intercepted crossing from its beachhead at Whitecliff Bay to attack Sandown by local levies under Sir John Oglander
USS LST-348 (483 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
support the Anzio beachhead. In late January, the ship was heavily attacked by Axis aircraft while operating around the beachhead, resulting in several
Battle of Finschhafen (4,128 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
kilometres (6.2 mi) north of Finschhafen – and proceeded to establish a beachhead there. At the same time, the 22nd Infantry Battalion, an Australian Militia
Luther Skaggs Jr. (820 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Marine who received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on the beachhead in Guam as at the World War II. Luther Skaggs Jr. was born on March 3
John P. Lucas (2,428 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
rushed troops from outside Italy to the beachhead: now, on January 31, 1944, 8 German divisions surrounded the beachhead. Churchill was angry and furious, bewildered
Torre del Almirante (219 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
following the Capture of Gibraltar when the enclave was seen as a potential beachhead for British forces. The tower was put to good use during the Battle of
USS Charles F. Hughes (877 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
waters supporting the buildup of forces on the bitterly contested Anzio beachhead, on 7 February she moved north to base at Naples. Through early March
Boytronic (537 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
released on Hayo Lewerentz label Major Records. Wobker teamed up with his Beachhead bandmate Hans Johm (Antlers Mulm) and Michael Maria Ziffels for the Dependence
Anzio (film) (1,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
landing is unopposed, but Lesley is cautious, preferring to fortify his beachhead before advancing inland. Ennis and a Ranger named Pvt. Movie drive in
Sidi Fredj (200 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Africa. Sidi Fredj was the landing spot where the French established their beachhead for the Invasion of Algiers in 1830. A number of ships of the French Navy
HMS Hambledon (L37) (1,942 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
interception duties to defend the beachhead from German naval attack. In July 1944, Hambledon was released from beachhead defence duties and reported to
No. 85 Group RAF (2,559 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was responsible for airfield construction and the air defence of the beachhead bases during the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944 (Operation Overlord)
316th Operations Group (1,664 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Allied invasion of Italy, the 316th dropped paratroops over the beachhead south of the Sele River on the night of 14 September 1943. Later during
Australian contribution to the Battle of Normandy (7,551 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
supply lines, as well as forming part of the force that defended the beachhead from air attack and manning transport aircraft. Australians also indirectly
Battle of Piva Forks (4,024 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Japanese Army forces and took place amidst the context of the expansion of a beachhead that US forces had established around Torokina on the western side of
Operation Fortitude (4,876 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
that the crucial aspect of any invasion was the ability to enlarge a beachhead into a full front. He also had only 37 divisions at his command, compared
USS Anzio (CG-68) (1,084 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
that served in the United States Navy. She was named for the site of a beachhead invasion of Italy by Allied troops from 22 January to 23 May 1944. Her
June Wandrey (257 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
part of celebrations to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Anzio beachhead invasion. She was a life member of numerous veterans' associations, including
Don Whitehead (720 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Regiment, of the First Infantry Division, and covered the push from the beachhead, Operation Cobra at Saint-Lô, and the pursuit across France. He got the
3rd Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) (959 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
re-establish the front line after the Allied breakout from the Normandy beachhead. Later in the year, it participated in the Battle of the Bulge and then
Donald V. Bennett (509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
clear thinking, contributed immeasurably to the establishment of the beachhead. General Bennett recounts his World War II experience in his memoir, Honor
SS Albert C. Field (322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Field sailed from Penarth as part of Convoy EBC-14 bound for the Normandy beachhead. She was carrying 2,500 tons of munitions and 1,300 bags of mail. On 18
Thunderbolt (1947 film) (1,872 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Corsica successfully impeded Axis supply lines to the Gustav Line and Anzio beachhead. The film was originally shot in 16mm color by members of the Army Air
Battle of Pisagua (1,924 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
forces, led by Gen. Juan Buendia, back from the shore. They established a beachhead that allowed an initial force of about 1,000 Chilean soldiers in two assault
Praia do Almoxarife (1,139 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
population in 2011 was 834, in an area of 9.20 km2. Although it was the beachhead of early settlement on the island, its population has not grown significantly
Battle of Grand Gulf (3,834 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Mississippi. A Union victory in the Battle of Port Gibson on May 1 secured the beachhead and forced the abandonment of the position at Grand Gulf, which became
William Callaway (397 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
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USS Wasatch (1,646 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Battleships, cruisers, and destroyers commenced bombarding the Leyte beachhead at 09:20 that morning and, some 40 minutes later, the first landing craft
Huon Peninsula campaign (9,831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mid-October, the Japanese launched a counterattack against the Australian beachhead around Scarlet Beach, which lasted for about a week and resulted in a
William B. Rosson (376 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
War II, earning the Distinguished Service Cross for valor on the Anzio Beachhead in Italy. He also fought in North Africa, Sicily, France, and Germany
Cypriot National Guard (6,593 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
anticipated aim of seizing Kyrenia as a beachhead with amphibious forces, whilst simultaneously establishing a beachhead from Kyrenia to the northern suburbs
Get That Jive (146 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
feature drummer Kerry Jacobson. Get That Jive (Paul Hewson) – 2:44 On the Beachhead (Robert Taylor) – 4:00 Paul Hewson – keyboards Marc Hunter — lead vocals
Sticky bomb (3,638 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Commonwealth forces in North Africa. It was used by Allied Forces on the Anzio Beachhead, including the First Special Service Force; as well as by Australian Army
Kokkina (743 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
forcing its defenders and the civilian population to retreat to a narrow beachhead. The defenders consisted of elements of the Turkish Resistance Organization
1st Parachute Corps (Germany) (468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Garigliano River, but were urgently transferred to oppose the Allied beachhead at Anzio as part of Operation Shingle. By 18 January 1944, under orders
1st Parachute Corps (Germany) (468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Garigliano River, but were urgently transferred to oppose the Allied beachhead at Anzio as part of Operation Shingle. By 18 January 1944, under orders
Landings on Rendova (3,796 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Flight Lieutenant Dick Horton, who would assist them in establishing the beachhead prior to the main landing. Strong winds pushed the advanced party off
Operation Matador (1945) (160 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
soften up the beaches. The assault troops landed unopposed and secured the beachhead; the following day, the Indian 4th Infantry Brigade landed. Battle of
Hubert Miller (762 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Given command of Company I, he participated in the breakout from the beachhead to the countryside beyond. While advancing through hedgerows near La Valaissere
No. 78 Squadron RAAF (2,211 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Japanese positions, providing fighter protection for recently established beachheads, and escorting Australian and United States bombers. From late 1944 until
USS Prevail (AM-107) (628 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
remained off that beachhead on patrol for thirty days. The next operation consisted of sweeps for the establishment of the Anzio beachhead, 21 to 24 January
USS Mertz (1,106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
steam north along the east coast of Dinagat Island to attack the Allied beachhead. When the Japanese entered Surigao Strait, Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf’s
Battle of Hill 170 (2,111 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the enemy were cleared from the area, before they were withdrawn to the beachhead for a couple of days rest. After this, the brigade captured the village
Port Gibson Battlefield (609 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a beachhead after crossing the Mississippi River in a bid to take the Confederate fortress of Vicksburg. The Union victory secured that beachhead and
805th Tank Destroyer Battalion (342 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Bernhardt Line and at Monte Cassino, before being shipped to the Anzio beachhead in mid-March and attached to the 36th Infantry Division. In June, it was
SS John W. Brown (5,649 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
arriving off the Anzio beachhead the following day, and was present there when the Allies finally broke out of the beachhead on 23 April after a lengthy
New Georgia counterattack (3,892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the flanking attack succeeded in breaking into the rear of the U.S. beachhead. Many casualties were inflicted among the logistics, support and medical
HMS Brecon (L76) (727 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
for Operation Shingle, the Allied landings at Anzio. She arrived at the beachhead on 23 January where she provided support and patrol duties which continued
Israeli National Maritime Museum (205 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In 1972, the museum moved to its current premises near the northern beachhead of Mount Carmel, between Stella Maris and Bat Galim neighborhoods. Nearby
Chryseis (637 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
domestic tasks. Her father, the priest of Apollo, came to the Achaeans' beachhead bearing the god's sacred symbols and offered the Mycenaean king and his
HMS Vivacious (1,755 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
HMS Wakeful. She began patrols the following day to protect the evacuation beachhead from attacks by German aircraft and motor torpedo boats (S-boats, known
Jack C. Montgomery (828 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
First Lieutenant in I Company of the 180th Regiment. While defending the beachhead at Anzio, Lt. Montgomery's platoon came under fire from three fortified
Allen H. Turnage (765 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Third Marine Division (Reinforced), during the establishment of a beachhead in the Solomon Islands Area from November 1 to November 27, 1943. Leading
Guards Armoured Division (4,062 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
divisions towards Bourguebus Ridge in an attempt to break out of the Normandy beachhead. That was followed by Operation Bluecoat, the advance east of Caen as
6th Corps (Turkey) (521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
with an amphibious landing force, directed by the 6th Corps, forming a beachhead at Kyrenia's Five Mile Beach. It comprised only infantry troops, but was
Operation Balavegaya (1,624 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
resistance, yet the 1st Battalion 1 SLSR and 3rd Battalion SLLI secured a beachhead that night. Within 24 hours the remaining units of the 1st Brigade and
Admiralty Islands campaign (10,951 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1st Battalion, 229th Infantry Regiment. Colonel Ezaki ordered Baba to attack the beachhead but a suspicion the Hyane Harbour landing was a diversion, coupled with
HMS Walker (2,747 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
began escorting convoys to the beachhead during the initial build-up period in Normandy. Released from supporting the beachhead later in June, Walker returned
Battle of North Anna (7,045 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
division from the corps of Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill was unable to dislodge its beachhead. The II Corps under Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock stormed a small Confederate
1961 in aviation (6,354 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of the Alabama Air National Guard – provide close air support near the beachhead. The invading exiles shoot down two Cuban Sea Furies and two Cuban B-26
HMS Essington (K353) (1,416 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
1944, the 3rd Escort Group was assigned to the defense of the Allied beachhead at Normandy from interference by German submarines. Essington and the
First Special Service Force (7,814 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Fairbairn–Sykes fighting knife. Legend has it that while carrying out beachhead operations at Anzio, a member of the FSSF found the journal of a German
Beach Head 2000 (868 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"Beachhead 2000". IGN. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on May 28, 2023. Retrieved September 19, 2023. Orlando, Greg (February 2001). "Beachhead
USS Woolsey (DD-437) (2,076 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
the next morning, the troops landed at Fedhala and consolidated their beachhead quickly. Resistance soon dissipated, and Woolsey seems not to have participated
No. 6 Commando (5,178 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Sword. Following this, No. 6 Commando were used in the defence of the beachhead and the subsequent operations to break out from Normandy before being
Matgue River Valley Battle Area (167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
scene of a major counterattack by Japanese forces against the Allied beachhead, in which the Japanese suffered extremely heavy casualties and were beaten
Operation Abercrombie (647 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
had towed. C Troop was to land first, clear obstacles and establish a beachhead; B Troop would pass through C Troop, head inland and execute their tasks
USS McGowan (1,201 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
dump and artillery emplacements endangering forces on the beach. As the beachhead expanded, McGowan continued to support the assault forces with counter-battery
USS Pioneer (AM-105) (794 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
sea prevented a breakout from Anzio. Pioneer guarded the beleaguered beachhead, patrolling to seaward, escorting supply and reinforcement movements,
5th Ranger Battalion (669 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
critical that General Omar Bradley was seriously considering abandoning the beachhead, instead of sending more men to die. And it was then and there that General
Landing at Scarlet Beach (7,666 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the convoy and no ships were hit. Continued Japanese air attacks on the beachhead inflicted numerous casualties over the course of the battle. The next
Malaya Zemlya (287 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Zemlya was made the main landing location. Upon landing to secure the beachhead, they came under a German counter-offensive with air support. The marines
The Longest Day (game) (1,366 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
beaches of Normandy. Although German forces were not able to eliminate the beachhead, they were able to contain Allied forces within the Cotentin Peninsula
HMS Exmoor (L08) (2,625 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
on 10 July 1943, the first day of the landings. She then defended the beachhead from Axis aircraft, surface ships, and submarines. Exmoor, the British
Farida Force (438 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
campaign. Coming ashore in mid-May 1945, the force quickly established a beachhead and pushed inland, cutting the Wewak road. Afterwards, the commandos conducted
Battle of Pälkäne (844 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
because of the delay, the Russians were able to organize themselves on the beachhead, and the weak Finnish cavalry was unable to carry out its mission. In
Hill 40 (234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of the 1944 Battle of Guam as Allied forces sought to establish their beachhead against the defending Japanese forces. The American 4th Marine Regiment
Robert A. Owens (1,257 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Marine Division described Owens' heroism — "Among many brave acts on the beachhead of Bougainville, no other single act saved the lives of more of his comrades
601st Tank Destroyer Battalion (665 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and taking up positions on the right of the beachhead. It saw action during the push to expand the beachhead and then the bitter defence against a German
RAF raid on La Caine (1944) (2,249 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
German armoured counter-offensive by Panzergruppe West against the Allied beachhead was postponed and then cancelled after the destruction of the headquarters
USS Pilot (973 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
seven other minesweepers, sweeping a channel off the Salerno beachhead. After the beachhead had been established, Pilot patrolled the area. On 18 September
Juno Beach Centre (612 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
immediately behind the beach codenamed Juno, the section of the Allied beachhead on which 14,000 Canadian troops landed on D-Day 6 June 1944. The centre
818th Tank Destroyer Battalion (1,907 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
It first saw combat in July 1944, when it deployed into the Normandy beachhead in preparation for the breakout into France by Lieutenant General George
Small Gods (2,425 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Klatchian coast and has sent an army against Omnia, establishing a beachhead near the citadel. Brutha attempts to establish diplomatic contact with
Lambda Literary Foundation (586 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
national visibility to literature that had established a firm if nascent beachhead through a network of dynamic lesbian and gay publishers and bookstores
Timeline of World War II (1944) (6,934 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
the stalemate in south Italy, but they are unable to break out of the beachhead and the line holds until late May. The minesweeper USS Portent (AM-106)
Heinrich Severloh (1,883 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Division(The Big Red One). Omaha Beachhead Initial Assault Map Omaha Beachhead D-Day Operations Map Omaha Beachhead Fox Green Objectives - WN62 Wn62 Information
IX Fighter Command (1,727 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Normandy beachhead in the summer of 1944 during the Battle of Cherbourg, Battle for Caen, and the ultimate breakout from the beachhead, Operation Cobra
80th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom) (3,592 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
out from the Normandy beachhead and began to pursue the defeated German troops across Northern France. AA defence of the beachhead became less important
Brummbär (1,812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vehicles to participate in the planned counterattack against the Allied beachhead, Operation Fischfang. This failed in its objective, but the battalion
Lingayen Gulf (838 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
alone, and a total of 203,608 in following landings along a 20 mi (32 km) beachhead, stretching from Sual, Lingayen, and Dagupan (XIV Corps) in the west,
Ori (Stargate) (5,871 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
the catch of the Ori killing unbelievers. In the original pitch for "Beachhead," Brad Wright had intended to let the Ori build and come through the Supergate
Gerry Fialka (2,711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Cinemazine, and regularly publishes essays on local news in the Free Venice Beachhead. He sometimes writes using a pen name that is an obvious take-off on his
2/4th Pioneer Battalion (Australia) (945 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
support the 9th Division. Serving in the terminal support role around the beachhead, the 2/4th saw limited combat and its casualties during the fighting on
Battle of Balikpapan (1945) (6,170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
fire, and within 15 to 20 minutes the assault troops had established a beachhead. The landing force suffered no casualties during this first part of the
Operation Dawn Blitz (398 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to simulate an amphibious assault by landing infantry and support on a beachhead. In recent years it has grown to incorporate the military of several US
Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II (18,656 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the beachhead. They pushed through the defences to the last line before the sea. Again massive firepower on the Allied side saved the beachhead. After
Battle of Jackson (6,798 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
began moving his force east across the river on April 30, 1863. This beachhead was protected by a victory at the Battle of Port Gibson on May 1. Moving
HMS Bicester (L34) (1,344 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
destroyer detached from SM1 on 15 August upon arriving off the landing beachhead. After being released from Operation Dragoon, Bicester returned to Royal
Operation Dragoon (8,025 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
landing of US forces led by Major General Lucian Truscott to secure a beachhead on the first day. Their flanks were to be protected by French, American
20th Brigade (Australia) (2,223 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
light opposition around the beachhead, the brigade began advancing on Finschhafen, leaving the 2/17th to secure the beachhead. Japanese opposition intensified
Lido di Cincinnato (Anzio), Italy (323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
On January 22, 1944, it was the approximate location of the British beachhead landing during the Battle of Anzio, part of the Allied advance to Rome
USS Wantuck (2,558 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Japanese defenders farther inland near Munda while Wantuck served with the beachhead and supply depot antiaircraft defense unit. On 17 July 1943, the Japanese
No. 25 Squadron RNZAF (864 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the island of Bougainville, but due to the tenuous state of the Allied beachhead on the island, deployment was delayed until the risk of shelling on the
HMS Venomous (3,566 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
support of Operation Dynamo, the evacuation of Allied personnel from the beachhead around Dunkirk, France. She made two trips on 31 May 1940, carrying 670
Thomas W. Fowler (780 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
near Carano in Aprilia, called "The Factory" by allies, near the Anzio Beachhead Italy. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on October 28, 1944
Battle of Salga (2,605 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
determined that the enemy, because of a few movements, intended to create a beachhead in the parish of Santo António do Porto Judeu. He ordered a contingent
List of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero characters (29,877 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This is an alphabetical list of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero characters who are members of the G.I. Joe Team. For Cobra characters, see List of Cobra
Japanese invasion of Lamon Bay (1,005 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Luzon Force was ordered to retreat to Bataan after Japanese secured a beachhead in Mauban, Atimonan, and Leal. Belligerents  Japan United States  Philippines
Japanese invasion of Lamon Bay (1,005 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Luzon Force was ordered to retreat to Bataan after Japanese secured a beachhead in Mauban, Atimonan, and Leal. Belligerents  Japan United States  Philippines
Battle of Pooneryn (2,098 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
patrol craft securing a beachhead. This was followed with the landing of troops from the army. Troops broke out of the beachhead and linked up with surviving
HMS Holmes (K581) (283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
An officer taking a compass bearing aboard HMS Holmes whilst she was guarding Allied supply lines to the Normandy beachhead
USS YP-346 (1,080 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Ironbottom Sound. On 28 August, YP-346 brought a cargo of gasoline to the beachhead at Henderson Field, but had to anchor overnight due to a congestion of
Operation Breadbasket (809 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
When Jackson returned from Selma, he joined SCLC's effort to establish a beachhead in Chicago. In 1966, SCLC selected Jackson to be head of the Chicago chapter
HMS Vesper (1,543 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
23 pre-loaded coasters and an armament stores ship – to the Normandy beachhead that day. From 8 June 1944 she operated from the assembly area at Milford
2/13th Battalion (Australia) (2,577 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
was tasked with coming ashore on "Yellow Beach", and then securing the beachhead for the follow on forces; it later sent out patrols to link up with the
USS Waters (DD-115) (7,161 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
phase of the New Georgia operation in order to keep possession of the beachhead which for all intents and purposes was already established there and to
HMS Blencathra (1,711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
July 1943, the first day of the invasion, was assigned to defense of the beachhead and of later convoys bringing in reinforcements and supplies. In August
Mantle's Cave (572 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
interrupted by World War II. Scoggin was killed in action at the Anzio beachhead, Italy in 1944. Limited work resumed in 1947 and 1948 under Robert Burgh
No. 180 Squadron RAF (178 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the squadron commander. After supporting the breakout from the Normandy beachhead in June 1944, the squadron re-located to Melsbroek, Belgium. It supported
Battle of Vella Lavella (land) (3,547 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
103rd Infantry. The force was then tasked with marking and holding the beachhead for the assault force and for securing Japanese prisoners in the vicinity
44th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) (1,630 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
fix the German panzers and gain 'elbow room' in what was still a tight beachhead. The German defenders endured naval bombardment, air attack and artillery
46th Infantry Division (United Kingdom) (8,994 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The 46th Infantry Division was a British Army infantry division formed during the Second World War that fought during the Battle of France, the Tunisian
Cameron Mitchell (Stargate) (4,170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Carter temporarily joins Mitchell's team in season 9's sixth episode, "Beachhead", which ends with Vala's disappearance. Mitchell officially reunites the
26th Brigade (Australia) (1,645 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Battalion and the 2/3rd Pioneer Battalion consolidated positions around the beachhead while the 2/23rd secured the oilfield around Parmusian. Japanese resistance
Foxhole radio (1,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
it was almost certainly invented by a soldier stationed at the Anzio beachhead during the stalemate of February – May 1944. One of the first newspaper
Devinda Kalupahana (419 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
brigade that landed on the second wave which successfully established the beachhead. Thereafter he went on to become the director of operations at the Army
Northern campaign (121 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
campaign immediately after American troops broke out from the Normandy beachhead in World War II Northern Virginia campaign, a series of battles fought
Battle of Labuan (6,444 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
board the invasion fleet. The brigade group's objectives were to secure a beachhead, capture the main airfield (located north of Victoria and designated "No
Justice League of Earth (569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the planet is fabricated as a way to keep Colu, which is the strategic beachhead of a proposed United Planets attack on Earth, from completing their plans
373rd Fighter Group (2,260 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
aerial operations which made possible the establishment of the Normandy beachhead and the rapid advance of the Allied ground forces into Germany. Although
Gung-Ho (G.I. Joe) (1,892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
and Beachhead head to a H.A.A.R.P. Facility where the Baroness and Destro are holding H.A.A.R.P. Scientist hostage. While Stalker and Beachhead went
Edward H. Ahrens (690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
With Company "C", 1st Raider Battalion, securing the right flank on the beachhead, Company "A" moved inland and down the right slope of Tulagi's central
Price Day (541 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
performed his job from 1942 to 1945 and covered the 8th Air Force, the Anzio beachhead, and Rome's liberation, the breaking of the "Gustav Line" near the Vosges
10th Battalion (Australia) (5,549 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
advance inland was checked. After this, the battalion helped defend the beachhead against a heavy counter-attack in May, before joining the failed August
Daniel Jackson (Stargate) (3,586 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Milky Way. After Vala is accidentally transported to the Ori galaxy in "Beachhead", Daniel reunites with Vala aboard one of the invading Ori ships in the
Melvin T. Mason (1,454 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
R. J. (1991). Duke University Press. McKibben, Carol (2012). Racial Beachhead: diversity and democracy in a military town. Stanford University Press
Battle of Cape Gloucester (7,380 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Kokoda Track campaign. The Japanese beachhead at Buna–Gona was subsequently destroyed, albeit with many casualties.
Josef Priller (5,753 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
June 1944 he flew one of the few Luftwaffe missions against the Allied beachhead that day. Priller claimed his 100th victory on 15 June 1944. For this
HMS Hargood (K582) (412 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
patrol and escort duty in the North Atlantic Ocean and off the Normandy beachhead during the invasion of Normandy. On the night of 3 May 1944 she was attacked
Merton J. Batchelder (792 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
following Battle of Tinian at the end of July 1944, Batchelder landed on the beachhead with first waves under heavy enemy fire and was able to repel counterattacks
Joseph Balkoski (1,550 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Infantry Division, which spearheaded the assault. His first book, Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy, was published in 1988 and remains
25th Armored Division (United States) (325 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
second wave of the invasion, landing on the US 17th Infantry Division beachhead. In the aftermath of Fortitude South II it was depicted as moving to the
2nd 90mm Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (1,383 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
inoperable when a large Japanese formation of aircraft attacked the Rendova beachhead. This attack killed more than 30 Americans, wounded another 200+ and caused
Sicily–Rome American Cemetery and Memorial (696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
code-named Operation Shingle, at Anzio and Nettuno and expansion of the beachhead (22 January 1944 to May 1944); and in air and naval support in the regions
Thomas-Claude Renart de Fuchsamberg Amblimont (1,395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
that played a critical role in driving the Dutch land forces off their beachhead. Thomas Claude Renart de Fuchsamberg was born on 21 March 1642 in Mouzon
Gustav (pigeon) (552 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
delivering the first message from the Normandy beaches from a ship off the beachhead while serving with the RAF on June 6 1944." He was one of thirty two pigeons
96th Infantry Division (United States) (3,070 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
between Tanauan and Dulag on 20 October 1944. Enemy resistance in the beachhead area was quickly broken and the Division had advanced to and secured the
Giles Scott-Smith (1,265 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
'Expanding the Diffusion of US Jurisprudence – the Netherlands as a 'Beachhead' for US Foundations in the 1960s,' in John Kriege and Helke Rausch (eds
2nd 90mm Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion (1,383 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
inoperable when a large Japanese formation of aircraft attacked the Rendova beachhead. This attack killed more than 30 Americans, wounded another 200+ and caused
Swami X (536 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Weekly. 1 September 2015. "Swami X Has Left the Building". Free Venice. Beachhead. 1 September 2015. Weiss, Stefanie Iris. (2010). Eco-sex : go green between
Invasion of Lingayen Gulf (11,951 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"S-Day", 9 January, the U.S. 6th Army landed on a roughly 25 mi (40 km) beachhead at the base of the Gulf between the towns of Lingayen and San Fabian.
Richard Winters (3,726 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
action two guns of the battery of four 88-mm. that were shelling the beachhead. Unswerving in his determination to complete his self-appointed and extremely
Madras Atomic Power Station (803 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
plant at Tarapur, providing the country with unsafeguarded plutonium. A beachhead at Kalpakkam also hosts India's first indigenous Pressurised (light) water
65th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) (2,718 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Fischfang, the full-scale counter-offensive aimed at splitting the Anzio beachhead and pushing the Allies back into the sea. The division suffered heavy
2008 malware infection of the United States Department of Defense (564 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
classified and unclassified systems, establishing what amounted to a digital beachhead, from which data could be transferred to servers under foreign control
History of the British 1st Division during the world wars (6,495 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Army had been defeated, the U.S. VI Corps would break out of the Anzio beachhead to cut off the retreating Germans in the Alban Hills. As the Canadians
Vala Mal Doran (5,663 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Stargate Command. In an attempt to stop the Ori from invading the galaxy in "Beachhead", Vala goes missing and appears to have died. Vala re-appears in the late
Operation Deckhouse IV (563 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
07:00 on 15 September 11 LVT-5s from USS Vancouver landed and secured the beachhead without resistance, simultaneously HMM-363 helicopters operating from
Battle of Liyang (1,825 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
accepted the advice and retreated homeward, placing Jia Xin (賈信) in the beachhead fortress of Liyang while presumably leaving the untenable position of
Anzio (1,524 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
found the Anzio War Cemetery, located close to the Communal Cemetery and Beachhead Museum. The Beach Head War Cemetery is located 5-kilometre north on No207
Battle of the Nek (5,556 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Lone Pine. For the three months since the 25 April landings, the Anzac beachhead had been a stalemate. On 19 May, Ottoman troops had attempted to break
Battle of Wickham Anchorage (2,123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
As the troops came ashore and the scattered groups rallied around a beachhead, they made contact with the reconnaissance party. Officers from this group
Vierville-sur-Mer (159 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Black soldiers tracking a sniper Omaha Beachhead, near Vierville-sur-Mer, France. 10 June 1944
5th Division (Imperial Japanese Army) (1,942 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
allowing the 5th Division, to move on to Ama Keng village and established a beachhead, where they fired a red starshell over the straits to indicate their success
Suzy Williams (2,332 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Magazine. She regularly reviews local theatrical plays for the Venice Beachhead newspaper. Williams is a professional cook, yoga teacher, and political
USS Borum (793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the convoys carrying troops and supplies from Britain to the Normandy beachhead. For most of the next year Borum helped blockade the Channel Islands and
Battle of Tobruk (1911) (471 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
beyond Tobruk in December 1911. The Italians later reinforced all of their beachhead enclaves in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica in January 1912. Balkan Wars Erikan
HMS Windsor (D42) (1,994 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
She began support operations on 27 May 1940, patrolling off the Dunkirk beachhead and escorting ships engaged in evacuating personnel from it. That day
Richborough Castle (1,683 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
parallel to the Roman coastline. These would have protected the invasion beachhead and supply depot. The crossing would have exploited one of the shortest
8-inch gun M1 (1,775 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and 780th). First seeing action in Italy in April 1944 at the Anzio beachhead when Battery B of the 575th Field Artillery Battalion was attached to
Sumburgh Head (439 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
home to large numbers of seabirds. The area is an RSPB nature reserve. Beachhead Sunrise Banks, Sumburgh Head Bird on the Wing East Coast of Sumburgh Head
Prometheus (Stargate) (10,097 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
planets were also altered and reused in episodes such as "Memento" and "Beachhead". Outside of the bridge set a greenscreen was hung allowing for visual
Trade paperback (comics) (2,138 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
(published as a collection in 1986 by Pantheon Books) "established a beachhead for 'graphic novels' in the book trade". In the 1990s, "trade paperbacks
HMS Vanquisher (2,569 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
transport ships were loaded. On 7 June, the convoy made its passage to the beachhead, and on 8 June it arrived off the invasion beaches and discharged its
Siege of Saint-Martin-de-Ré (1,312 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
English beachhead was maintained, with over 12 officers and 100 men killed. During a period of three days in which Buckingham consolidated his beachhead, Toiras
Allied invasion of Sicily (11,927 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in the rapid capture of key Axis airfields that posed a threat to the beachheads and the invasion fleet lying off them. It would also see the rapid capture
CIA activities in Guatemala (11,523 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Guatemala to the United States, the fear of the Soviet Union creating a beachhead in Guatemala created panic in the United States government during the
Allied invasion of Sicily (11,927 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in the rapid capture of key Axis airfields that posed a threat to the beachheads and the invasion fleet lying off them. It would also see the rapid capture
Llazar Fundo (1,099 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
retrieved 2009-12-24, Fundo was a Vlach... Hamm, Harry. Albania—China's Beachhead in Europe. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., 1963., p. 84, 93. Vllamasi
Alex Carlin (363 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Nix. Alex also extensively toured the Soviet Union with his band Alien Beachhead. In 2000, Alex formed Rüt Höst and moved to Europe, where he played over
327th Infantry Regiment (United States) (5,104 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
and East to be possibly the first unit of the Utah Beachhead to link up with the Omaha Beachhead around the four-villages area of le Fourchette, le Mesnil
Operation Perch (6,957 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the accompanying 27th Armoured Brigade was delayed by congestion in the beachhead. The division was stopped short of Caen by the 21st Panzer Division. On
USS De Haven (DD-469) (590 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
1943, De Haven screened six LCTs and a seaplane tender establishing a beachhead at Maravovo on Guadalcanal. While escorting two of the landing craft back
13th Infantry Brigade (United Kingdom) (812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
rum ration is issued to men of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers to mark St Patrick's Day in the Anzio beachhead, Italy, 17 March 1944.
Kommunist (1,072 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Germany for colluding with Mao Zedong and his associates in establishing a beachhead in Europe for potential military activity, including the potential placement
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero 25th Anniversary (6,363 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"Storm Shadow (v22) G.I. Joe Action Figure - YoJoe Archive". yojoe.com. "Beachhead (v10) G.I. Joe Action Figure - YoJoe Archive". yojoe.com. "Buzzer (v4)
USS Adonis (781 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
later, she was ordered to proceed to the assault area off the Normandy beachhead in France. Adonis got under way for her trip across the English Channel
Battle of Mindanao (3,271 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
frontal assault on the Japanese defenses, the plan called for securing a beachhead at Illana Bay in the undefended west, then driving eastward more than
90th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (2,492 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
his forces and lost the initiative. The Germans quickly contained the beachhead and by 1 February were attempting to drive the Allied troops back towards
HMS Spragge (K572) (1,033 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
well as to defend convoys bringing supplies and reinforcements to the beachhead thereafter. Accordingly, Spragge steamed to Milford Haven, Wales, where
Battle of Monte Cassino (13,092 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was not on the beachhead and could not be reached even by radio. ... such was the order that turned the main effort of the beachhead forces from the
56th (East Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (4,997 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
fought in the Italian Campaign, including defending the Salerno and Anzio beachheads. It often operated under US command, on one occasion in an anti-tank role
USS Kenmore (AK-221) (561 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
massive amphibious force in the assault area off Saipan 20 June. After a beachhead was secured, Kenmore remained in the area until 8 July, unloading cargo
Alexandrian Crusade (817 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
12 October. Peter had wanted to stay and hold the city and use it as a beachhead for more crusades into Egypt, but the majority of his barons refused,
Northeast Village, Philadelphia (428 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Force jet crashed into a row of homes on the east end of the complex, on Beachhead Road near Lagoon Road. This caused the PHA to tear down several of the
USS Oak Hill (LSD-7) (825 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
area off Saipan early on 15 June. Her boats soon away and headed for the beachhead, the LSD took up repair duties, working on LCMs, LCVPs and LCTs until
Krupp K5 (1,216 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of the Army Technical Manual TM9-1985-3. The Ordnance Department, On Beachhead and Battlefront. United States Army in World War II. United States Army
USS Kansas (1863) (1,793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Battery, north of the main defensive works. Some 2,000 men established a beachhead under the protection of naval gunfire which kept the Confederate garrison
USS Kilty (777 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
April as escort to four escort carriers ferrying planes to the Okinawa beachhead. During May she made another escort cruise from Saipan to Okinawa, and
Operation Sledgehammer (1,585 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Roundup". After capturing Cherbourg and areas on the Cotentin Peninsula, the beachhead was to be defended and held through the winter of 1942 and into 1943 while
List of United States Army campaigns during World War II (1,418 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fail to capture Rome, Germans fail to destroy Allied beachhead. The Allies broke out from the beachhead several months later. Rome–Arno Campaign 22 January
2/15th Battalion (Australia) (4,251 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
operation, the 2/15th was initially assigned the task of securing the beachhead following the 20th Brigade's landing. After being relieved it joined the
Battle of Marsa Talamat (1,272 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the helicopter-borne beachhead, were either destroyed or confined to their anchorages. Commando troops of the Egyptian beachhead were either killed or
Iris subg. Limniris (403 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
petals) Iris hookeri Penny – (Hooker's iris) Iris setosa Pallas ex Link – (Beachhead iris) Iris tridentata Pursh – (Savanna iris) Series Unguiculares Iris
Herbert V. Clark (950 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
one wheel while returning from a dive bombing mission over the Anzio Beachhead. Dr. Henry Foster knew Clark as a child and was influenced by his war
Parramore Island Natural Area Preserve (177 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Area Preserve The UncommonWealth: Voices from the Library of Virginia: "Beachhead Revisited: Parramore’s Island On The Eastern Shore" by Louise Jones v
339th Fighter Group (761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
batteries, and troops while Allied forces fought to break out of the beachhead in France.[citation needed] The group attacked transportation targets
USS LSM(R)-195 (812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Amphibious Forces Pacific and was to be in charge of operations until the beachhead was established. The Kerama Retto islands were a small chain of islands
European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal (1,038 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
operations (1944): allied landing at Anzio and subsequent supply of the Anzio beachhead Invasion of Normandy: allied landings in Normandy Northeast Greenland
HMS Mauritius (80) (723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Mauritius with other Allied shipping off the beachhead at Anzio, March 1944
409 Tactical Fighter Squadron (703 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
offensive patrols commenced, and much action was seen over the Normandy beachhead in June; 11 victories were claimed during this month. After some action
USS Loeser (1,115 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
30th for the invasion of Lingayen Gulf. Loeser arrived off the Lingayen beachhead 11 January 1945, two days after D-Day, and during the following week escorted
Battle of Talasea (3,375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
small scale clashes occurred, but the landing was largely unopposed. A beachhead was established about 200 yards (180 m) inland and patrols were sent out –
HMS Antelope (F170) (922 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
air defence duty at the entrance to San Carlos Water, protecting the beachhead established two days before, she came under attack by four Argentine A-4B
USS Bray (620 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
still in the boats. The leading wave pushed forward and secured a small beachhead, but was pinned down by intense fire from prepared positions. Company
George A. Taylor (1,283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
period of the invasion operation. Thousands of men lay huddled on a narrow beachhead, their organizations and leaders cut down by the disastrous enemy fire
HMS Watchman (2,781 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Allies as "E-boats" – along the way. After ECB 3 arrived off the beachhead, Watchman detached on 11 June and returned to Milford Haven. On 13 June
13th Cavalry Regiment (United States) (8,317 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
land as part of TF Red. Despite struggling through the soft sand on the beachhead, their Jeeps and M3 half-tracks began rolling to their objectives by 0820
USS Rich (DE-695) (1,051 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in the incident. After the Normandy beachhead was no longer being actively used, machinery, guns, ammunition, and other
Wadih al-Siqlabi (718 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Wāḍiḥ to Africa at the head of a large army in 998 to expand the Umayyad beachhead there, which at the time consisted only of Ceuta. He later sent his son
Battle of Biak (3,110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ships and guns that had been brought ashore. After a brief attack on the beachhead by a group of Japanese light tanks, which was defeated by a group of M4
Battle of Biak (3,110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ships and guns that had been brought ashore. After a brief attack on the beachhead by a group of Japanese light tanks, which was defeated by a group of M4
Wadih al-Siqlabi (718 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Wāḍiḥ to Africa at the head of a large army in 998 to expand the Umayyad beachhead there, which at the time consisted only of Ceuta. He later sent his son
Operation Culverin (710 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
since no land-based air support would be available until a very large beachhead had been secured, Mountbatten demanded the use of almost every aircraft
19th Marine Regiment (United States) (1,296 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
the invasion, seizure, occupation and defense of Empress Augusta Bay Beachhead, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, from November 1 to December 22, 1943.
USS Picking (1,041 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
replenishment at Manus, Picking provided antiaircraft protection for the beachhead at Lingayen Gulf, Philippines on 9 January 1945. She screened landings
Battle of Peleliu (7,117 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
capable of organizing a successful counterattack". After securing the beachhead, the Marines advanced abreast, but progress was very slow contrasting
Japanese submarine Ro-101 (2,300 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Munda, but she was unable to penetrate the PT boat screen protecting the beachhead. She made a second attempt on 2 July 1943, but again failed to penetrate
Salvador J. Lara (724 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Lara's hometown newspaper reported his injury was sustained at the Anzio beachhead, which is about 10 miles (16 km) from Aprilia, the location of Lara's
John Leak (2,773 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
June while it was involved in trench warfare defending the Anzac Cove beachhead on the Gallipoli Peninsula in the Ottoman Empire. This fighting was part
Amphibious reconnaissance (1,256 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
United States Marine Corps amphibious reconnaissance team infiltrates a beachhead
Ralph Abercromby (3,765 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
April 1796 for Saint Lucia, landing the following day and establishing a beachhead. The French were soon repelled and retreated to the fort at Morne Fortune
No. 243 Squadron RAF (694 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Sicily. A few days after the Allied landings there, No. 243 moved into the beachhead, repeating this in September after the Salerno landings. In December 1943
Battle of Tayacoba (1,042 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
defended to effect a landing. On June 30 a landing party went ashore on a beachhead just west of Tunas de Zaza, near the mouth of the Tallabacoa River (mispronounced
Rocket Mortgage (1,446 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
News. Retrieved 2018-03-10. "New Quicken Loans tech centre a Windsor beachhead, says Rock Ventures principal". Windsor Star. October 31, 2018. "Detroit
Kazan Operation (547 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
September 9, sailors and landed marksmen under Nikolay Markin took the beachhead at the western part of Kazan. On that day the Left Bank Group and Arsk
92nd (Loyals) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (2,949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
near La Breche d'Hermanville, in Normandy on D-Day. AA defence of the beachhead on D-Day was the responsibility of 80th AA Brigade, and the only divisional
USS Warrington (DD-383) (2,279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
and Warrington joined the antiaircraft defenses for the anchorage and beachhead. At four minutes after noon, the destroyer opened fire on two Japanese
New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (457 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Programme International Growth Fund Workshops and Webinars Market Research Beachhead Advisor Network Kea New Zealand New Zealand International Business Awards
Battle of Lake Tunis (632 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Roman consuls Manius Manilius and Lucius Marcius Censorinus made their beachhead at Carthage, they deployed separately in two different locations; Manilius
USS LST-306 (1,135 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the anchorage at 1831. During the evening, enemy bombers attacked the beachhead twice, but no bombs fell near the LST. The next morning, LST-306 took
Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes (1,479 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the planet is fabricated as a way to keep Colu, which is the strategic beachhead of a proposed United Planets attack on Earth, from completing their plans
Juno Beach (9,929 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
eight infantry divisions and fourteen tank regiments in the Normandy beachhead by nightfall on D-Day. The landing zone was divided into five landing
USS Catskill (LSV-1) (1,058 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
night, she moved out to sea, and for the next four days, returned to the beachhead area daily to complete her unloading of men and cargo. Returning to Saipan
2nd Battalion, 7th Marines (2,743 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
pre-invasion bombardment. On 20 September, the 7th Marines broke out of their beachhead and linked up with the 1st Marines. The battalion fought on the island
USS Dextrous (AM-341) (555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Gulf of Salerno. On 21 January she left Naples for the Anzio-Nettuno beachhead where she swept mines prior to the assault the next day, and patrolled
100th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (2,357 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
secured it on 10 September. There was bitter fighting for 10 days in the beachhead and the AA units frequently found themselves in the firing line holding
Battle of Leyte (6,246 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Japanese fire. Within an hour of landing, units in most sectors had secured beachheads deep enough to receive heavy vehicles and large amounts of supplies. Only
Beach groups (2,124 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
assaulting troops and have the following duties: Marking the limits of the beachhead Set up a protected area for the beach commander to operate from Calling
HMCS Prince Henry (3,886 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Juno Beach on D-day and then spent the next two months supporting the beachhead. The vessel was then sent to the Mediterranean Sea in preparation for
WWII in HD (1,831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
part of celebrations to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Anzio Beachhead Invasion. She was a life member of numerous veterans' associations, including
Landing at Aitape (3,477 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
6 km) from Tadji Airfield. Obscured by heavy smoke from fires from the beachhead, the crews of the landing craft became disorientated and came ashore at
Amphibious Marine Brigade (Turkish Armed Forces) (497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
operated on July 20, 1974, during intervention to Cyprus by sea, secured the beachhead and contributed to significant success. Amphibious Marine Infantry Regiment
USS Wharton (2,084 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
retired to sea until midnight, when she reversed course to return to the beachhead for her role as casualty evacuation ship. On the day that followed, she
Iris Carpenter (1,731 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Ryan was granted access into Normandy whereas Carpenter was limited to a beachhead airstrip. Other reports included her experiences at hospitals and war-torn
Iris Bower (1,202 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Juno beachhead. The unit Bower was working in had sent over 1,000 injured service personnel back to Britain, when, after a few days at the beachhead, No
PFLP-GC Headquarters Raid (1988) (1,697 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
was the commander on the ground at the beachhead. The Israeli forces arrived in small boats. First a beachhead was secured by a unit of Shayetet 13 naval
Alfred E. Montgomery (2,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Amphibious forces engaged in establishing a beachhead and continued to support advances on land after the beachhead was firmly in our hands. At Truk ... finally
23rd Hussars (543 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
American exploitation of their breakout on the western flank of the Normandy beachhead. The 11th Armoured Division was subsequently attached to XXX Corps, which
Mexican Cession (1,883 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
business such a railroad would bring (and hoping to establish a slave state beachhead on the Pacific coast), agitated for the acquisition of railroad-friendly
Diane Baker (819 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Episodes: "The Judgement" (Parts 1 & 2) The Invaders Kathy Adams Episode: "Beachhead" Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Laney Episode: "Free of Charge"
USS Frederick C. Davis (870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
on 22 January, Frederick C. Davis maintained a patrol off the besieged beachhead for the next six months, leaving only for brief periods of replenishment
Ivan Babić (officer) (418 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
would meet no resistance and that the Croatian army would establish a beachhead for them. After the war he worked for a period as an engineer in Venezuela
Timeline of World War II (1940) (5,620 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Germans toward the Allied beachhead and allows Hermann Göring to use the Luftwaffe to attack. British R.A.F. defends the beachhead. Sporadic Luftwaffe bombings
Diane Baker (819 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Episodes: "The Judgement" (Parts 1 & 2) The Invaders Kathy Adams Episode: "Beachhead" Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre Laney Episode: "Free of Charge"
PFLP-GC Headquarters Raid (1988) (1,697 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
was the commander on the ground at the beachhead. The Israeli forces arrived in small boats. First a beachhead was secured by a unit of Shayetet 13 naval
8th Army Group Royal Artillery (6,433 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and the bocage south of Caumont before the breakout from the Normandy beachhead, operations to close up to the Maas, and the assault crossing of the Rhine
No. 183 Squadron RAF (1,252 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
D-Day landings on 6 June 1944 the squadron moved to airstrips on the beachhead in France, before joining the Allied advance across Europe via the Netherlands
878 Naval Air Squadron (575 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Mediterranean, where 878 Naval Air Squadron engaged in combat over the Salerno beachhead. In October 1943, while stationed at RAF Port Ellen, on the island of
91st Division (Imperial Japanese Army) (749 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
first attack against Japanese coastal artillery on the heights above the beachhead at 0600, the 91st Division, which still outnumbered the Soviet forces
Twiggy Ramirez (2,390 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Marilyn Manson Golden Years) 2005: Goal! Soundtrack ("Cast No Shadow (UNKLE Beachhead Mix)" Oasis) 2001: Rock Star Soundtrack ("Blood Pollution" for the band
Kiko, Crown Princess of Japan (2,657 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
personal emblem (o-shirushi (お印)): the blossom of the bristle-pointed beachhead iris Iris setosa (hiougi-ayame, cypress fan iris (檜扇菖蒲)) which blooms
USS Revenge (AM-110) (907 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Revenge was credited with the destruction of nearly 70 mines. Once the beachhead was secured and the anchorage made safe, the division continued clearance
European Theater of Operations, United States Army (1,906 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
IN WORLD WAR II, The Technical Services, THE ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT: ON BEACHHEAD AND BATTLEFRONT. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United
Timeline of World War II (1943) (4,852 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
as the head of the puppet "Italian Social Republic". 13: The Salerno beachhead is in jeopardy, as German counterattacks increase. 14: German troops commence
Battle of Kōan (1,973 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
quickly, assaulting the invaders with waves of defenders, denying them the beachhead. At night small boats carried small bands of samurai into the Yuan fleet
Sainte-Mère-Église (1,017 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1984, p. 49. Armor in Operation Neptune (Establishment of the Normandy Beachhead), a research report prepared by Committee 10, Officers Advanced Course
USS LST-950 (245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
probably off the beachhead at Okinawa, c. April 1945. LST-950 was used to carry casualties to the hospital ships from the Okinawa beachhead. Note the large
USS Phoenix (CL-46) (2,899 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
to support further operations in the Netherlands New Guinea area. This beachhead was later extended to include Wakde Island by a shore to shore movement
Jim Dunnigan (1,629 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Games (Skirmisher, 2006) Jutland (1967) 1914 (1968) 1918 (1969) Anzio Beachhead (1969) Barbarossa (1969) Crete (1969) Deployment (1969) Flying Fortress
Loch Fyne (1,011 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
techniques involved in the use of landing craft and the setting up of a beachhead. The No1 CTC was manned and trained personnel from all three services
102nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (1,735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
increased and Allied fighters gained air superiority, air attacks on the beachhead area diminished. 102nd LAA Regiment covered I Corps during Operation Epsom
USS Braine (868 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
following two months, she escorted resupply echelons to the Bougainville beachhead. On 15 February 1944, Braine participated in the Green Island landing
Rudolph B. Davila (1,395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
which broke through the German mountain strongholds surrounding the Anzio beachhead. His company was under a heavy enemy attack and for an unknown reason
Footfall (1,322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
weapons, but a combined Soviet and US nuclear attack wipes out their beachhead. The Fithp, who are familiar with nuclear weapons, but prefer to use cleaner
USS Kearny (1,018 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
5th Army in Italy. Due to their daily fire-support trips to the Anzio beachhead area, the warships became known as the "Anzio Express." They were commended
Audie Murphy (8,835 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
January and was unable to participate in the initial landing at the Anzio beachhead. He returned on 29 January and participated in the First Battle of Cisterna
Battle for Brest (1,973 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
original on 25 June 2017. Mallett, p.43 Balkoski, Joseph E. (2008). From Beachhead to Brittany, The 29th Infantry Division at Brest, August-September 1944
Kingmaker (video game) (384 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
high-tech glitz or multiplayer options, Kingmaker establishes a fine beachhead for AH's return to the computer wargame market." James V. Trunzo reviewed
Military history of the United States during World War II (16,794 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Salerno had consolidated their beachhead, the Germans launched fierce counterattacks. However, they failed to destroy the beachhead and retreated on 16 September
Linda Grinberg (683 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
June 6, 2022 – via Internet Archive. "Phil Melnick, Beachhead founder, dies". Free Venice Beachhead. Retrieved 2022-06-06. Collins, Huntly; Vedantam, Shankar
Oklahoma D-Day (359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"tactical operations centers" and divisions assigned to three different beachhead or other objectives. The Allies invade from off playing field locations
No. 4 Commando (8,213 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
No. 4 Commando remained there for a further 82 days, protecting the beachhead's left flank. During that period, the unit endured over 50% casualties
Empire ship (6,994 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
carried the water, two always at the beachhead with the remaining three in transit. From the two tankers at the beachhead other smaller tankers then shipped
8th Michigan Infantry Regiment (266 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
General Thomas W. Sherman in South Carolina where he was establishing a beachhead to provide a base for the naval blockade. From there the regiment went
21st Army Group (2,362 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
unable to prevent the American breakout at the western end of the Normandy beachhead in early August 1944. Following the German attack towards Mortain, the
3rd Infantry Division (United States) (9,517 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
distinguished World War I veteran. In late May, VI Corps broke out of the Anzio beachhead in Operation Diadem with the 3rd Division in the main thrust. Instead
RAF Rivenhall (665 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
radius of action, as the break-out of the Allied forces from the Normandy beachhead meant that potential targets were receding. The following units were here
USS Beckham (1,479 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
headed for the Ryūkyūs in convoy WOK-27, arrived off Okinawa's Hagushi beachhead on the afternoon of 24 June, and commenced disembarking troops and unloading
The Truce at Bakura (833 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Ssi-Ruuk race under the Ssi-ruuvi Imperium, which seeks to establish a beachhead in the larger galaxy. The Ssi-Ruuk seek to harvest a supply of life forms
114th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (3,240 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and landing while hard fire-fights were continuing to establish a firm beachhead. Batteries were badly split up, some detachments being separated from
USS Begor (978 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Lae, New Guinea, on 4 September 1943. Japanese aircraft attacked the beachhead scoring multiple hits on LCI(L)-339. Begor immediately treated the wounded
Union navy (3,746 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
as determined resistance prevented the significant expansion of the beachhead there. Charleston did not fall until the last days of the war. The later
USS Sederstrom (1,070 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
destroyer types providing anti-submarine and anti-aircraft screens for the beachhead area to necessitate replacements, and Sederstrom was reassigned to this
Battle of Lone Pine (5,476 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a flat no-man's land intervening. Due to its location relative to the beachhead and the shape of the intervening ground, Lone Pine's importance lay in
USS Henley (DD-391) (721 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
duty, and antisubmarine patrol. When Australian troops established a beachhead at Finschafen, New Guinea, 21 September 1943, Henley formed a part of
A Current Affair (American TV program) (716 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Rivera revealed to the press that Ailes planned to use the timeslot as a beachhead for the establishment of a Fox News nightly newscast. Brooks, Tim; Marsh
Union navy (3,746 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
as determined resistance prevented the significant expansion of the beachhead there. Charleston did not fall until the last days of the war. The later
Red Patch (497 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
WWII during the Battle of Guadalcanal. After the initial assault on the beachhead, follow-on troops came ashore and confusion on the beach led to landing
RAF Rivenhall (665 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
radius of action, as the break-out of the Allied forces from the Normandy beachhead meant that potential targets were receding. The following units were here
USS Beckham (1,479 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
headed for the Ryūkyūs in convoy WOK-27, arrived off Okinawa's Hagushi beachhead on the afternoon of 24 June, and commenced disembarking troops and unloading
709th Infantry Division (626 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
coasts of the Cotentin Peninsula. This included the sites of the Utah Beachhead and the US airborne landing zones. Its sector covered over 250 km, running
USS Nicholson (DD-442) (750 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
arrived four days later, 12 November, to assist in the consolidation of the beachhead and to patrol. She took part in the Bizerte campaign and the initial assaults
RAF Attlebridge (1,258 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(6 June 1944), and afterwards striking interdictory targets behind the beachhead; bombing enemy positions at Saint-Lô during the Allied breakthrough in
North Macedonia–Taiwan relations (931 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
diplomatic relations in Europe are with the Holy See, Macedonia is the first beachhead, and if diplomatic relations are established with it, it is possible to
USS Langley (CVL-27) (1,063 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Force, as it steamed toward the San Bernardino Strait and the American beachhead at Tacloban. The Japanese units temporarily retired. The following day
Realart Pictures Inc. (693 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
acquired non-Universal productions: A Walk in the Sun was retitled Salerno Beachhead. Theater managers were delighted with Realart's oldies, which did better
William D. Hawkins (1,396 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
leading his men on to join the forces fighting desperately to gain a beachhead, he repeatedly risked his life throughout the day and night to direct
195th Fighter Squadron (1,556 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
railroads in Occupied France. The squadron patrolled the air over the beachhead when the Allies launched the Normandy invasion on 6 June 1944, and hit
USS Alameda County (887 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
operated into the summer with the task group that resupplied the Anzio beachhead. Early in August, she prepared for the invasion of southern France, and
RAF Rattlesden (1,036 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Normandy in June 1944 by bombing airfields and other targets near the beachhead. Aided the breakthrough at Saint-Lô in July and the effort to take Brest
Steven J. Zaloga (1,428 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-792-1. — (2005). Anzio 1944: The Beleaguered Beachhead. Campaign. Vol. 155. Illustrated by Peter Dennis. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing
HMS Janus (F53) (587 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
bomb dropped by a German He 111 torpedo bomber and sank off the Anzio beachhead in western Italy (according to another version, she was sunk by Henschel
James Arness (2,522 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Hennepin County, Minnesota in March 1943. As a rifleman, he landed on Anzio Beachhead on January 22, 1944, with the 2nd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th
Battle for Brittany (931 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Journal of Military History 59.1 (1995): 77–95. Balkoski, Joseph. From Beachhead to Brittany: The 29th Infantry Division at Brest, August–September 1944
2/33rd Battalion (Australia) (2,943 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
pursuit of Japanese forces to the northern coast, fighting around the beachheads at Buna–Gona. In 1943, after returning to Australia for six months to
Byron Darnton (1,382 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
November 2012. Milner, Samuel (1957). "Chapter VII: The Advance on the Beachhead". United States Army in World War II, The War in the Pacific. Victory
Ernest Ramme (1,067 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in World War II, the Technical Services, the Ordnance Department: on Beachhead and Battlefront. Washington, D.C.: Center of Military History, United
Battle of Landguard Fort (1,162 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
While the Dutch marines had been attacking the fort, the sailors at their beachhead came under attack by the local trained militia, commanded by the Earl
Battle of Saipan (12,889 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
shells. On 16 June, Holland Smith committed his reserves to reinforce the beachhead, ordering two of the three regiments of the 27th Infantry Division—the
Hammer and anvil (2,206 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with constantly attacking British armies on the eastern flank of the beachhead. The role of the British forces would be to act as a great shield for
Walter Krueger (7,644 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
better." Krueger visited the beachhead with MacArthur and Eichelberger on the first day. After inspecting the beachhead, they went to the USS Nashville
Oganesson (10,588 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
2008. Oganessian, Yuri Ts.; Rykaczewski, Krzysztof P. (August 2015). "A beachhead on the island of stability". Physics Today. 68 (8): 32–38. Bibcode:2015PhT
USS Renshaw (DD-499) (1,326 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Bay area where she bombarded enemy positions in the jungles east of the beachhead held by Allied forces. After a short period of amphibious training at
James Daly (actor) (917 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Alfred Belzig Episode: "The Bank" The Invaders Alan Landers Episode: "Beachhead" 1968 The Invaders General Samuel ConCannon Episodes: "The Peacemaker"
USS Murphy (DD-603) (1,100 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
1943, "Operation Husky". On 10 July, while engaged in patrolling the beachhead, Murphy was straddled by near misses from a night air attack, puncturing
Roy Campanella II (467 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
nominated for DGA Award, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series' - Night 1986 Dallas CBS "Shadow Games" 1982 Lou Grant CBS "Beachhead"
Pacific War (24,666 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the transports at anchor near the American beachhead on Leyte. The Southern Force would strike at the beachhead littoral through the Surigao Strait, while
Topre (988 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Mike (September 23, 1985). "Success Story: One Man from Japan Gains U.S. Beachhead for His Tokyo Firm". The Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company. p. 1
Avola (1,449 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was that as soon as Dempsey's forces had succeeded in establishing a beachhead they were to push northwards along the coast as quickly as possible, with
USS Strive (1,035 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the landing beaches on 9 July. She swept mines and patrolled off the beachhead until the 15th, and returned to Palermo on 1 August. The minesweeper then
Rhone American Cemetery and Memorial (441 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Allied invasion of Normandy. This operation was designed to open a second beachhead and Allied combat zone in France, threatening the Axis units confronting
USS Varuna (AGP-5) (1,395 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
PT's to be almost impossible. Allied forces meanwhile rapidly secured a beachhead, forcing the Japanese defenders into the hinterlands, and minesweeping
Mario Terán (912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
needed] Guevara reportedly told Guzmán that he hoped to turn Bolivia into a beachhead for socialist revolutions in neighboring countries.[citation needed] In
Battle of Preveza (2,332 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Castelnuovo, present day Herceg Novi, Montenegro, hoping for it to become the beachhead of an invasion of the Ottoman Balkans. However, the Spaniards and Venetians
The Sea Around Us (688 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
outlets for the islands chapter, nor for a second chapter titled "Another Beachhead." In April 1949, with about a third of the chapters complete, Rodell began
USS Edison (DD-439) (869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
enemy destroyers at Cape Fedhala and protected shipping lying off the beachheads during the Naval Battle of Casablanca: A total of 362 rounds were fired
The Four Days of Naples (film) (486 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
the city just before Allied troops arrive by advancing from the Salerno beachhead. Regina Bianchi as Concetta Capuozzo (as Régina Bianchi) Aldo Giuffrè
USS Ordronaux (568 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the month, Ordronaux operated with Dido and Émile Bertin supporting the beachhead at Anzio. On 9 August, Ordronaux was attached to a fire support force
82nd Operations Group (2,263 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Fifth Army, between 6 and 18 September 1943, the group patrolled the beachhead at Salerno where the pilots flew a round-the-clock schedule, dive-bombing
Minnehaha Falls Lower Glen Trail (603 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
structures Natural wading pool area Platteville Limestone bluffs Sandy beachhead Wildlife The hiking loop trail is entirely within Minnehaha Regional Park
USS Monssen (DD-798) (1,834 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
off Tinian Town and then provided fire support for the troops on the beachhead, continuing such support through the 31st. She remained in the Tinian
Lee Tockar (1,289 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
I. Joe: Spy Troops - Shipwreck G.I. Joe: Valor vs. Venom - Shipwreck, Beachhead, Ex-Eel Generation O! - Carl George of the Jungle (2007 TV series) - George
USS Gansevoort (1,079 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of Vice Admiral Theodore S. Wilkinson's Southern Attack Force off the beachhead of Leyte 20–21 October. From 27 October until 13 December she escorted
Rhino ferry (291 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Lida (1991). "The Far Shore in Normandy". The Ordnance Department: On Beachhead and Battlefront. Washington, DC: United States Army Center of Military
Clyde D. Eddleman (611 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Leyte, and Manila. He was promoted to brigadier general at the Leyte beachhead. Because of his familiarity with joint operations, Eddleman was selected
1943 in aviation (25,631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sorties against the Salerno beachhead. Allied fighters break up most of the German attacks before they reach the beachhead. September 11 French fighter
Royal Marines Police (736 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
peacekeeping operations including co-ordinating vehicle movements out of the beachhead, marking the main supply routes and providing convoy escorts. It also
197th Air Refueling Squadron (1,786 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
railroads in Occupied France. The squadron patrolled the air over the beachhead when the Allies launched the Normandy invasion on 6 June 1944, and hit
USS William C. Cole (1,787 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
approaches through the western islands off Okinawa and arrived off the beachhead by midday. Light enemy aircraft activity greeted the initial forces –
USS Wiseman (1,673 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mouth of the Naktong River, at the western anchor-point of the former beachhead at Pusan. As she had done at Manila in 1945, Wiseman supplied electricity
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Niemieckie wojska spadochronowe 1936–1945 page 182 Joseph Balkoski, Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy, ISBN 0-8117-2682-7 Lieb, Peter
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break", Washington Times, 2 May 2009, p. 7. Balkowski, Joseph, Beyond the Beachhead, The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy, Stackpole Books (1989), ISBN 0-8117-2682-7
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Amphibious Forces Pacific and was to be in charge of operations until the beachhead was established. At 1840 on 26 March 1945, USS Halligan (DD-584) struck
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units flew close support missions to stop the German counterattack on the beachhead at Salerno during September 1943. As the Allied forces progressed, the
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History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781598849813. Balkoski, Joseph (2005). Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy. Stackpole Books. ISBN 9780811732376
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eventually driven back. The battalion were next tasked with seizing the beachhead on the far side of the Diyala River. Approximately 100 men of the battalion
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disbanding their army. However, after his cavalry had come within sight of the beachhead but then been scattered and turned back to Gaul by storms, and with food
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September 1943, the division crossed the Dnieper and was fighting on the beachhead, involved in the Nikopol operation. It fought at Stalingrad, in the Don
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contributed immeasurably to the success of the Allied landings at Anzio Beachhead. After World War II, he attended the Army War College and the National
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battalion) and, after being relieved by other units, secured the Salerno beachhead and later advanced up the spine of Italy, crossing the Volturno Line and
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such in occupied Europe. During the invasion of Normandy, it carried out beachhead patrols and were used as bomber escorts. In August 1944 the squadron moved
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and escort missions. On D-Day, 6 June 1944, the squadron patrolled the beachhead. attacking railroads, trains, vehicles. gun emplacements and other targets
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securing the beachhead by the afternoon. The following day, the 4th Indian Infantry Brigade (Brigadier J. F. R. Forman) landed, took over the beachhead and occupied
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Advance Party, commanded by Colonel Yokoyama Yosuke, was to establish the beachhead and make a reconnaissance in force toward Kokoda. It consisted of the
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carried by two battalions, which landed abreast of each other, securing a beachhead about half a mile wide, supported by LVTs crewed by personnel from the
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village, plus some ridges to the west, the British commander covered a beachhead at Maceira Bay a little further to the west. Since most of his reinforcements
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Peninsular Campaign and pondering over potential advantages of a second beachhead. The Union ships ascended the Rappahannock River to Tappahannock (Urbana)
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more 4th Division lives than Utah Beach landing itself". "Utah Beach | Beachhead | 4th Infantry Division". Army Battle Casualties and Nonbattle Deaths
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landing craft of the U.S. 5th Army close in on the beaches in the opening stages in the battle for Rome. Smoke can be seen rising from the beachhead.
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earned one battle star for her World War II service off the Normandy beachhead. "The Amesbury". floridakeys.noaa.gov. Retrieved 9 September 2021. Allen
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June for Normandy, France, where she began sweeping mines off the Utah Beachhead. She swept mines from dawn to dusk and acted as "E-boat" patrol at night
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invasion of Normandy, in June 1944 by attacking strong points in the beachhead area and transportation targets behind the front lines. Later, in December
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Century (1967) The Bell From Infinity (1968) When Two Worlds Meet (1970) Beachhead Planet (1970) Now Comes Tomorrow (1971) Seven Tickets to Hell (1972) The
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seized the assigned beachhead and defended the area against fanatical hostile counterattacks. Upon relief of the force beachhead line, he valiantly led
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escorting transports and patrolling in the antisubmarine screen off the beachhead. While so engaged on 12 May, she rescued Lt. Robert R. Klingman, USMC
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Bombardment Squadron (6Q) Following the Allied break-out from the Normandy beachhead in late July, and the subsequent sweep across France. The 410th, moved
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by the Visigoths. In 711, Carteia and the surrounding area became the beachhead for the Umayyad conquest of the Iberian Peninsula led by Tariq ibn Ziyad
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Grant 1988 Mosby's Raiders 1985 NATO: The Next War in Europe 1983 Omaha Beachhead 1987 Open Fire 1987 Pacific War 1985 Panzer Command 1984 Pax Britannica
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red team or an adversary is called the beachhead. A mature blue team is often adept at finding the beachhead and evicting attackers. A role of the red
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the Stretched Forefinger of Time" (1971) "Whom the Gods Love" (1971) "Beachhead in Utopia" (1973) "Eye for an Eye" (1974) "No Biz Like Show Biz" (1974)