Word: flanked
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Need for an amphibious operation to turn the enemy flank became obvious. The allied seaborne attack on the Anzio beachhead was launched...
...campaign had begun hopefully. British and Indian troops captured Maungdaw, close by the Burma-India border. Patrols moved south, following the west side of the Mayu ridge. Other British columns swung east toward Buthidaung to protect the left flank...
From the beginning there was no doubt that the Allies' beachhead thrust at Nettuno was full of hazard. An amphibious landing on the flank of a stubborn, able foe was bound to be. But this week the risk looked bigger than it ever had, since first the troops waded ashore on the morning...
Tarawa had shown the high price of frontal assault. This time the Army troops landed first on Kwajalein's flank, on the islet of Gea (which they mistook in the dark for Ninni). They dragged their artillery through the water with them. Then they crossed to Ninni, Ennylabegan and Enubuj...
...plan called for an attack from the beach. Our outfit, led by the first unit, was to shove north three miles and cut the highway west of Cisterna. On the extreme right flank another outfit was to cut No. 7 east of town. Still another was to barrelhouse straight up the middle and take the town itself...