He was in command of all Allied ground forces during Operation Overlord from the initial landings until after the Battle of Normandy.

They were allocated to the initial beachhead assaults by the British and Commonwealth forces in the D-Day landings

During the planning stages of Sea Lion, it was deemed desirable to provide the advanced infantry detachments ( making the initial landings ) with greater protection from small-arms and light artillery fire by lining the sides of a Type A barge with concrete.

Once they had captured their initial targets, they were reinforced by 2, 600 soldiers and critical equipment carried in 408 gliders daylight missions code-named Operation Bluebird, phase 2, simultaneous with the beach landings, and Operation Dove, phase 3.

With the initial targets unaccomplished, the second and larger wave of assault landings brought in reinforcements, support weapons and headquarter elements at 07: 00 only to face nearly the same difficulties as had the first.

As in the initial landings, difficult navigation caused disruptive mislandings, scattering the infantry and separating vital headquarters elements from their units.

The key geographical features that had influenced the landings also influenced the next phase of the battle: the draws, the natural exits off the beaches, were the main targets in the initial assault plan.

The Rio de Janeiro was on its way to take part in the initial landings of Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway.

The latter squadron, known as the " Little Beavers ", covered the initial landings in Bougainville in November 1943, and fought in 22 separate engagements during the next four months.

Although resistance had been expected, as seen at Salerno during 1943, the initial landings were essentially unopposed, with the exception of desultory Luftwaffe strafing runs.

In mid-September 1943, nine days after the initial Allied landings, he led the division ashore at Salerno on the Italian mainland, where it fought its way up the peninsula.

During the initial landings by Allied troops following the unsuccessful attempt to force the straits by sea, Freyberg swam ashore in the Gulf of Saros.

They chose a location without high ground controlled by the Wehrmacht, as such conditions had forced them to incur heavy casualties after the initial landings at Normandy.

The U. S. 93rd Evacuation Hospital landed at Sainte-Maxime six hours after the initial landings.

A number of plans were eventually drawn up by Morgan and his cadre of staff officers for the invasion of Normandy, finally deciding that the invasion should take place on a thirty-mile front west of the River Orne, rejecting the need to capture the Pas De Calais and the ports there by calling for the creation of prefabricated artificial ports to ferry equipment and troops ashore once the initial landings had occurred.

Fourteen US divisions were scheduled to take part in the initial landings.

( The Overlord invasion of Normandy, by comparison, had 12 divisions in the initial landings.

It was the site of the initial Italian landings on 7 April 1939 as well as the launch point for the ill-fated Italian invasion of Greece.

The initial Allied landings captured an airfield, later called Henderson Field by the Allies, that was under construction by the Japanese.

In early July 1915, while making plans for an offensive to break the deadlock that had developed around the Gallipoli Peninsula following the initial landings in April, the commander of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, Lieutenant General William Birdwood had determined that an attack at Lone Pine could be used to divert Turkish attention away from a main attack that would be launched further north around Sari Bair, Chunuk Bair and Hill 971.

Although resistance had been expected, as seen at Salerno during 1943, the initial landings were essentially unopposed, with the exception of desultory Luftwaffe strafing runs.

To make the attack from Suvla, De Lisle had the dismounted yeomanry of the 2nd Mounted Division and the 29th Division, which had moved from Helles where it had already borne the brunt of the fighting since the initial landings of 25 April.

Starting at Helles on 28 April, three days after the initial landings, the attack broke down due to poor leadership and planning, lack of communications and exhaustion and demoralisation of the troops.

His initial tour of duty was in Fighter Squadron 33 ( VF-33 ) where he flew F-8 Crusaders aboard USS Intrepid and USS Enterprise ) and made more than 300 carrier landings.

However, before RAT-C reached initial operational status in 1960 aboard the large US Navy destroyer-leader Norfolk, its name was changed to the present ASROC.

Brooks's institute has charged varying fees to prospective clients who wished to learn how to live without food, which have ranged from US $ 100, 000 with an initial deposit of $ 10, 000 to one billion dollars, to be paid via bank wire transfer with a preliminary deposit of $ 100, 000, for a session called " Immortality workshop ".

While not featuring the censoring mosaics of the original Japanese version, the US release of La Blue Girl was edited during the initial VHS release and all scenes featuring Miko's companion Nin-Nin engaged in a sexual act were removed, probably to avoid the charge of pedophilia, in spite of the fact that the character is not a minor but a dwarf ninja.

To maximize opportunities for and participation in the Fund, the Secretariat is also seeking donations and in-kind contributions to build on the initial investment of US $ 3 million.

By 1947, there would be approximately 22, 000 motor courts in operation in the US alone ; a typical 50-room motel in that era cost $ 3000 per room in initial construction costs, compared to $ 12, 000 per room for metropolitan city hotel construction.

As in the US, the initial roadside accommodations were primitive tourist camps, with over a hundred campgrounds listed in Ontario alone on one 1930 provincial road map.

The initial price for the console was ¥ 49, 800, which is approximately 500 US dollars.

* Through the merger with Viacom, they gained U. S. rights to the majority of the Cannon Films library ( except Lifeforce, where some of said rights are owned by Sony via its initial US theatrical distribution by TriStar, once posting it on the website Crackle ), owned for other media by MGM ( who also posted Lifeforce on Hulu and Netflix ).

After an initial tour as a battery Assistant Executive Officer at Fort Sill, he was assigned to the US 9th Infantry Division, Republic of Vietnam, where he served as Forward observer, Aerial observer, and Assistant S-3 with 2nd Battalion, 4th Field Artillery.

The US Army uses the Fire Support Combined Arms Tactical Trainer ( FSCATT ) in two versions for initial and sustainment training of the M109A6 and M109A5.

US and Afghan sources believe at least 200 Taliban and Al Qaida fighters were killed during the initial assault and subsequent rescue mission.

Lubin suggested Eastwood attend drama classes, and arranged for his initial contract in April 1954 at $ 100 ( US $ in dollars ) per week.

The US was not one of the initial signatories of the 1856 Declaration of Paris which outlawed privateering, and the Confederate Constitution authorized use of privateers.

The initial estimated cost for building this new city was 40 million Belize dollars ( US $ 20 million ).

The Secret Service's initial responsibility was to investigate counterfeiting of US currency, which was rampant following the US Civil War.

The initial goals of Japanese leaders were to neutralize the US Navy, seize possessions rich in natural resources, and establish strategic military bases to defend Japan's empire in the Pacific Ocean and Asia.

" The initial start of the program was to be August 2002 and would have included one million workers in ten US cities and then to be expanded .< ref > Chang, Nancy.

By 1 October 1972, US monopoly laws had also changed and WEA ( the first initial of each of the three main labels ) Records was born.

DIVX was a rental format variation on the DVD player in which a customer would buy a DIVX disc ( similar to a DVD ) for approximately US $ 4, which was watchable for up to 48 hours from its initial viewing.

The report opens with a discussion of the Japanese strategic plans, which were based on an initial victory against the US Navy which would upset any US plans in the Pacific for an estimated 18 months to 2 years.

They also noted the belief that high casualties would not be accepted by the US democracy, and that if the initial campaigns were successful, a negotiated peace was possible.

This initial Hot Tuna album was remarkably successful, reaching No. 30 on the US album chart.

A contract to build the new computer was signed in April 1946 with an initial budget of US $ 100, 000.