securing a beachhead
1Battle of Pentemili beachhead (1974) — General information = Pentemili is the name of the beach of northern Cyprus where the Turkish troops landed on 20th July 1974. It is located 5 miles (8 km) west of Kyrenia, thus the name. [Savvas D. Vlassis, O Aporritos Attilas, Athens 2004 ISBN… …
2Battle of Tarakan (1945) — Part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II …
311th Airborne Division (United States) — Infobox Military Unit unit name=11th Airborne Division caption=11th Airborne Division shoulder sleeve insignia nickname=The Angels motto= themesong= colors= march= ceremonial chief= nickname=Angels type=Airborne Infantry Air Assault branch=United …
450th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division — Infobox Military Unit unit name=50th (Northumbrian) Division caption=Insignia of the 50th Division dates=World War II country=United Kingdom allegiance= branch=British Army type=Infantry role= size= Approximately 18,000 men command structure= XXX …
5Anzio — /an zee oh /; It. /ahn tsyaw/, n. a town in Italy, S of Rome on the Tyrrhenian coast: site of Allied beachhead in World War II. 23,421. * * * Seaport and resort town (pop., 2001 prelim.: 36,468) southeast of Rome, Italy. It was founded, according …
6Battle of Bataan — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Bataan caption=Japanese soldiers celebrate victory on Bataan partof=World War II, Pacific theater date=7 January – 9 April, 1942 place=Bataan Peninsula near Manila Bay in Luzon Island, Philippines… …
7Battle of Mindanao — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Battle of Mindanao caption=Reconquest of Mindanao Map partof=World War II, Pacific theater date=10 March – 15 August 1945 place=Mindanao Island, Philippines result=Allied victory combatant1= flagicon|United… …
8Gold Beach — ▪ World War II the centre beach of the five designated landing areas of the Normandy Invasion of World War II. It was assaulted and taken from defending German troops on June 6, 1944 (D Day of the invasion), by units of the British 50th… …
9THE EVENTS — introduction European Jewry in the Early 1930s Germany in the Early 1930s the expansion of the reich …
10Operation Overlord — Part of World War II Tank landing ships unloading supplies on Omaha Beach, building up …
