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101Charles Heywood — For the U.S. politician, see Charles D. Heywood. For those of a similar name, see Charles Hayward (disambiguation). Charles Heywood 9th Commandant of the Marine Corps (1891 1903) …
102Samurai — For other uses, see Samurai (disambiguation). Samurai in armor, 1860s. Hand coloured photograph by Felice Beato …
103Omaha Beach — Part of Normandy Landings …
104No. 4 Commando — after a raid on France, April 1942. Active 1940–1946 Country …
105Amphibious warfare — is the utilization of naval firepower, logistics and strategy to project military power ashore. In previous eras it stood as the primary method of delivering troops to non contiguous enemy held terrain. In this modern era amphibious warfare… …
106Normandy landings — D Day redirects here. For the use of D Day as a general military term, see D Day (military term). For other uses, see D Day (disambiguation). For the video game Operation Neptune , please see Operation Neptune (video game). This article is about… …
107Operation Overlord — Part of World War II Tank landing ships unloading supplies on Omaha Beach, building up …
108USS Tennessee (BB-43) 1944 — This article is about the USS Tennessee (BB 43), a U.S. Navy battleship, during the year 1944.1944Marshall IslandsIn the early morning of 13 January 1944, Tennessee set her course for Hawaii with Task Unit 58.5.1 and anchored in Lahaina Roads off …
109World War II — the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of Japan on August 14, 1945. Abbr.: WWII * * * or Second World War (1939–45)… …
110Digest of Operation Overlord — ▪ Primary Source This document, the first comprehensive outline of what was to become the Normandy Invasion, was prepared in the summer of 1943 under the supervision of Frederick Morgan, chief of staff to the supreme allied commander (who had not …
