Word: rears
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bloody also was the fight for Artena, which was desperately defended by rear guard German machine gunners firing from houses, woods and ditches. But Artena fell...
According to Plan. The first step - -the beachhead - of the "final stage" went off smoothly. At Biak, largest of the is lands in the Schouten group, it was clear dawn. Offshore, the invasion task force under Rear Admiral William M. Fechteler hove to before the rock-pointed sandy beach at the southeastern heel of the island. From cruisers and destroyers poured a 19-minute barrage...
...Japanese were still struggling on Bougainville Island in the Solomons almost 1,400 miles to the rear, still held the battered and all but useless base of Rabaul on New Britain. Battle still flared in the Wakde-Sarmi area and the Japanese had many troops on the south side of Netherlands New Guinea. Nevertheless, MacArthur's milestone statistics were impressive. Since Rendova the Allies...
...South Flank. In terms of miles, U.S. troops made the biggest gains. From Minturno on the south of the line one column pushed into the little mountain town of Spigno, found only rear-guard Germans there. Another column pounded along the coast to the town of Formia...
...Rear Areas. Apparently the smashup of German communications by Allied airmen, before the push began, had worked a change in the Germans' will and ability to fight in their most competent fashion. There was also a well-grounded suspicion among U.S. officers that Field Marshal Kesselring may have been outwitted to boot...