to establish an Allied beachhead in France and so opening another front that the Germans had to fight on.
It put 100,000 Anglo-American troops into France and cleared the beachhead for several million more to come across.
The Normandy landings were to establish a beachhead in northern France and open a second European front to fight against Germany.
The purpose of D Day was to create a beachhead in Normandy, which would be used to create a second front in Europe.
The Germans controlled the area and to enter Europe with a large enough force a beachhead was the best action. The Germans knew that the allies would attempt a beachhead but not exactly where. The English set up a decoy base so German spies would report back a wrong mass of troops and supplies.
The duration of Tarawa Beachhead is 1.28 hours.
Tarawa Beachhead was created on 1958-11-02.
Battle of Pentemili beachhead happened on 1974-07-20.
Tarawa Beachhead - 1958 is rated/received certificates of: Finland:K-16
A beachhead is someone who spends a lot of time at the beach and has an interest in surfing. Famous beachheads include Mark Richards and Mickey Munoz.
The Allies successfully established a beachhead at both Anzio and Salerno in the Italy invasion.
Anzio.
The Omaha beachhead .
The Twentieth Century - 1957 Beachhead at Anzio 6-13 was released on: USA: 10 February 1963
Beachhead - 1954 is rated/received certificates of: Australia:PG Finland:K-16 Singapore:PG Sweden:15 USA:Approved (PCA #16685) West Germany:16 (nf)
Stargate SG-1 - 1997 Beachhead 9-6 is rated/received certificates of: Argentina:13 Netherlands:6
World War II The War Chronicles - 1983 The Beachhead at Anzio 1-3 was released on: USA: 1983