airborne invasion

With German air superiority a given, an airborne invasion was decided on.

He was chief of staff for the airborne invasion of southern France in 1944.

So from a military point of view the answer is no." "Airborne invasion?"

The Soviet premier signed the necessary papers for the token airborne invasion of several neutron-bombed cities.

However, the scenario of a coordinated airborne invasion coupled with a limited nuclear strike was the real threat that this line protected against.

Pounded enemy positions to assist the airborne invasion of Holland in September.

It escorted reconnaissance and cargo aircraft participating in the airborne invasion of southern France.

Fallschirmjäger units made the first airborne invasion when invading Denmark on the 9 April 1940.

The Luftwaffe also reacted with a massed response against the airborne invasion of Holland.

Ridgway helped plan the airborne invasion of Sicily in July 1943, and commanded the 82nd in combat there.

Participated in Operation Varsity, the airborne invasion of Germany, in March 1945.

TO Louise Caputo, when the wind is just right, blowing in from the north, the noises fly through the sky like an airborne invasion.

An Allied airborne invasion of Rome was considered, to coincide with the Badoglio surrender announcement.

The Battle of Crete began on 20 May 1941 with a large-scale airborne invasion aimed to capture the island's strategic locations.

However, they did parachute into the Netherlands as part of Operation Market Garden, the airborne invasion of that country.

Hildyard was captured by the Germans during their airborne invasion, but he eventually escaped from the prisoner-of-war camp where he was being held.

The air echelon moved to France on 11 September 1944, but returned immediately to England to participate in the airborne invasion of Holland.

The duties which accompanied this new role included opposition to airborne invasion and fifth columnists, taken to be in the guise of the IRA.

The airborne invasion of Crete saw Meindl jump near the Platanias Bridge, where he was shot through the chest.

The mines were first used during Operation Merkur, the airborne invasion of Crete and were still in use at the end of the war.

Night Drop: The American Airborne Invasion of Normandy (1962)

The Third Reich launched an airborne invasion of Crete under the code name of "Operation Mercury".

So, too, was the odd dandelion seedling that germinated after an airborne invasion of seeds from a patch of wasteland a quarter of mile away.

He also partook in Operation Merkur, the airborne invasion and subsequent Battle of Crete in June 1941.

The 436th Troop Carrier Group flew supplies to France for a few weeks until called upon to prepare for the airborne invasion of Holland.