Word: cotentin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Taylor slipped through German lines into Rome for armistice negotiations with Italian Premier Pietro Badoglio. For 24 hours, wearing a U.S. uniform, he went about his mission in Rome under the noses of the Germans. Promoted to command of the 101st Airborne Division, he parachuted into the Cotentin Peninsula with his troops the night before Dday, thereby becoming the first U.S. general officer to fight France in World War II. Made his second combat jump with the 101st when it invaded Holland, where Taylor was wounded. Was back in Washington on a special mission when his 101st was surrounded...
Third Phase: when ready (probably months hence), break out of the Pusan perimeter, as Patton had broken out of the Cotentin peninsula in Normandy. This main offensive north from Pusan could be supported by Allied amphibious attacks behind the North Korean lines on either coast...