The Germans were unprepared for the landings and initially thrown into confusion.

The man initially selected as the overall commander of the force was Admiral Sir Roger Keyes himself a veteran of the landings at Galipoli and the Zeebrugge raid in the First World War.

Having completed two years of training and evaluation, he was initially assigned as a member of the Astronaut Support Personnel team at the Kennedy Space Center, supporting Space Shuttle launches and landings.

Fourteenth Army was initially responsible for the defense of Rome and dealing with any amphibious landings the Allies might make to the rear of Tenth Army which was fighting on the defensive lines south of Rome.

The unit was initially deployed for the first time during the Dieppe Raid in August 1942 in an unsuccessful secret attempt to capture an Enigma machine and related materials, and then took part in the Operation Torch landings in November 1942.

In contrast to Tulagi, Gavutu, and Tanambogo, the landings on Guadalcanal encountered much less resistance.

Allied troops encountered a severe strain of dysentery soon after the landings, with one in five Marines afflicted by mid-August.

The United States Navy studied the problems encountered by the disastrous Allied amphibious landings during the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I.

Tulagi, the seat of the British administration on the island of Nggela Sule in Central Province was destroyed in the heavy fighting following landings by the US Marines.

The American glider and parachute infantry of the 82nd ( Operation Detroit ) and 101st Airborne Divisions ( Operation Chicago ), though widely scattered by poor weather and poorly marked landing zones in the American airborne landings in Normandy, secured the western flank of VII Corps with heavy casualties.

Under heavy fire, the engineers struggled to clear the beach obstacles ; later landings bunched up around the few channels that were cleared.

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.

At least 16 B-29s were shot down over North Korea, and as many as 48 were lost in crash landings or written off because of heavy damage after returning to base.

Due to heavy flight training operations at the airport, it is consistently in the top 30 busiest airports in the world in terms of total flight operations ( takeoff and landings ).

The main landings at ' V ' and ' W ' Beaches were hotly contested and the British suffered heavy casualties.

After heavy fighting, the British were able to secure the main landings.

Both brigades had suffered heavy casualties in Sicily and were in no condition to undertake any further assault landings.

Invasions of the Battle of Arawe by the 112th Cavalry Regiment and parts of the Battle of Tarawa involved amphibious landings in inflatable boats against heavy enemy resistance.

The scene of heavy fighting following the Normandy landings, much of the town is of post-World War II construction.

Prior to the landings, German defensive positions were attacked by medium and heavy bombers ; the bombardment was continued by the 6 inch ( 15 cm ) and 8 inch ( 20 cm ) guns of the accompanying cruisers ,( see ' Naval support ' section below ).

With Pointe Du Hoc situated between Utah Beach to the west and Omaha Beach to the east, these guns threatened Allied landings on both beaches, risking heavy casualties in the landing forces.

The early landings, at about 0140 directly on the town, resulted in heavy casualties for the paratroopers.

However, there was still much heavy fighting to be done before France was liberated, including the Operation Anvil Dragoon amphibious landings in southmost France in September ( near Marseilles ), along the German-held seaports of western France ( such as at Brest and Dunkirk ), in Alsace Lorraine in eastmost France, and in northeastern France, such as along the Rhine River.

In January 1944, the Scots Guards took part in the landings at Anzio and saw heavy fighting there, including at Campoleone and Carroceto, with the Allies not breaking out of the Anzio beachhead for a number of months.

Polish units from the eastern shore attempted several more landings, and during the next few days sustained heavy losses ( including destruction of all landing boats and most of other river crossing equipment ).

Polish units from the eastern shore attempted several more landings, and during the next few days sustained heavy losses ( including destruction of all landing boats and most of other river crossing equipment ).

German forces resisted the landings from the outset, causing heavy fighting within and around the town.

As a result of the Rabaul raids, several Japanese heavy cruisers and numerous smaller warships and transports were damaged, effectively ending the Japanese naval threat to the initial landings on Bougainville.

The oil and supplies brought to Malta, despite heavy losses, by Operation Pedestal in August and the Allied landings in North Africa, Operation Torch, in November, turned the fortunes of war against Italy.

With D-Day landings on June 6 it was ordered to Normandy where it arrived despite heavy aerial bombardment on June 12.

In the Italian campaign 7th Ox and Bucks took part in the landings at Salerno and Anzio and had heavy casualties.

Once Elephant Point was secured, minesweepers cleared a passage up the river, and landing craft began coming ashore in the early hours of the morning of 2 May, almost the last day on which beach landings were possible before the heavy swell caused by the monsoon became too bad.

This gave the French defenders time to organize resistance, and the remaining landings were conducted under artillery bombardment.

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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.

The airborne and glider landings ( Mission Dove, Mission Albatross and Mission Bluebird ) around the area of Le Muy accompanying the whole operation, were as successful as the beach landings, with only 434 dead, mostly due to the hazardous landing conditions and not to German resistance.

During the planning for the invasion, he had overestimated the strength of the German and Italian resistance to the Allied landings.

In 1943 he joined the British army and after participating in landings at Salerno and Anzio, parachuted into Italy to organize resistance.

The two main landings, at V and W Beaches on either side of the cape, met with fierce Turkish resistance and the landing battalions were decimated.

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.

German resistance to the Scottish landings continued with some effect, and there were armoured counter-attacks.

Previous landings met little or no initial resistance.

At Trondheim, Gruppe 2 also faced only minor resistance to their landings.

From 8 to 10 December, scattered resistance by ground troops and remaining American air and naval forces failed to stop preliminary landings to seize airfields at Batan Island, Aparri, and Vigan City.

Some of the proposed landings on Penang went ahead as planned to probe Japanese intentions, encountering no resistance.

This gave the defenders time to organise resistance, and the remaining landings were conducted under artillery bombardment.

It was believed that the landings would meet strong resistance.