The attack Attack on Metz was not realized Know , as the Supreme Allied Commander Ferdinand Foch ordered Request the American troops to march Motion_directional towards Sedan and Mézières , which would lead to Causation the Meuse-Argonne Offensive Attack .

Operation Jericho was a low-level Second World War bombing Attack raid Attack on 18 February 1944 , by Allied aircraft on Amiens Prison in German-occupied France .

On 27 November 1942 , after Operation Military_operation Torch , the Allied invasion Attack of Morocco and French Algeria had begun Process_start , the French navy foiled Removing a German attempt to capture Conquering the rest of the French fleet ( Operation Military_operation Anton ) by scuttling Destroying their ships in Toulon Harbour .

The action had strategic consequences : the Republican faction in Genoa was strong and they successfully barred Austrian reinforcements from sailing Self_motion to join Becoming_a_member the Allied garrison at the developing Siege of Toulon .

The United States offensive , under the overall command Control of Chester Nimitz , followed the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign and was intended to neutralize Control Japanese bases in the central Pacific , support Supporting the Allied drive to retake the Philippines , and provide Supply bases for a strategic bombing Attack campaign against Japan .

Following their landings in the Mariana and Palau Islands , Allied forces continued their ultimately successful campaign against Japan by landing Self_motion in the Philippines in October 1944 and the Volcano and Ryukyu Islands beginning in January 1945 .

However , dismantling Destroying the Ottoman government and partitioning the Ottoman Empire among the Allied nations had been an objective of the Entente since the start of the war .

On 19 January 1919 , the Paris Peace Conference , a meeting Social_event of Allied nations that set Placing the peace terms for the defeated Central Powers , including the Ottoman Empire , was first held .

Meanwhile , Allied countries continued to lay claim Statement to portions of the quickly crumbling Destroying Ottoman Empire .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Remagen during the Allied invasion Attack of Germany resulted in Causation the unexpected capture Conquering of the Ludendorff Bridge over the Rhine and shortened Change_event_time World War II in Europe .

The unexpected availability of a bridgehead on the eastern side of the Rhine more than two weeks in advance of Operation Plunder allowed Preventing_or_letting Allied high commander Dwight Eisenhower to alter Change his plans to end Process_end the war .

In this 90-minute battle Hostile_encounter , Frederick the Great , king of Prussia , defeated Conquering an Allied army composed of French forces augmented Cause_to_amalgamate by a contingent of the Reichsarmee ( Imperial Army ) of the Holy Roman Empire .

The Western Allied invasion of Germany was coordinated Arranging by the Western Allies during the final months of hostilities in the European theatre of World War II .

In preparation for the Allied invasion of Germany , a series of offensive operations were designed Create_artwork to seize and capture Conquering the east and west bank of the Rhine River : Operation Veritable and Operation Grenade in February 1945 , and Operation Lumberjack and Operation Undertone in March 1945 .

The Allied invasion of Germany started Process_start with the Western Allies crossing the Rhine River on 22 March 1945 before fanning out and overrunning all of western Germany from the Baltic in the north to the Alpine passes in the south , where they linked up with troops of the U.S. Fifth Army in Italy .

By early 1945 , events favored Response the Allied forces in Europe .

The failure of this offensive exhausted Expend_resource Germany 's strategic reserve , leaving it ill-prepared to resist the final Allied campaigns in Europe .

Gold , commonly known as Gold Beach , was the code name for one of the five areas of the Allied invasion Attack of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944 , during the Second World War .

Taking Gold was to be the responsibility of the British Army , with sea transport Military_operation , mine sweeping Scouring , and a naval bombardment force Military_operation provided Supply by the Royal Navy as well as elements from the Dutch , Polish and other Allied navies .

Allied armies had also reached Arriving the pre-war German territorial borders and now occupied Control some German towns and cities .

In the West the defeat in Normandy and the Allied advance across Western Europe had significant consequences Causation for the `` Luftwaffe 's '' ability to defend Germany from British night attacks .

For the Australians , a significant advantage was gained Getting through the technological edge that Allied industry had achieved Achieve over the Japanese by this phase of the war , while the Japanese were hampered Hindering by a lack of supplies and reinforcements due to Allied interdiction efforts at sea and in the air .

For the Australians , a significant advantage was gained Getting through the technological edge that Allied industry had achieved Achieve over the Japanese by this phase of the war , while the Japanese were hampered Hindering by a lack of supplies and reinforcements due to Allied interdiction efforts at sea and in the air .

After this , mopping Scouring up operations were undertaken Action by Allied forces around Sio until March and Madang was captured Conquering in April .

A constant Allied Causation artillery barrage was maintained Statement on the exits .

The offensive marked Recording an escalation of World War II , both geographically and in the formation of the Allied coalition .

Now aware Know of the presence of U.S. carriers in the area , the Japanese fleet carriers advanced Arriving towards the Coral Sea with the intention of locating Placing and destroying Destroying the Allied naval forces .

Operation Flax was a Western Allied air operation Military_operation executed during the Tunisia Campaign Military_operation , as part of the larger North African Campaign Military_operation of the Second World War Hostile_encounter .

The parallel Allied naval effort was Operation `` Retribution '' .

Allied thrusts overran Vichy French Morocco and Algeria and advanced Self_motion into Tunisia .

The Allied forces Military_operation advancing Self_motion eastward and the British 8th Army advancing Self_motion westward after the victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein , would trap and destroy Destroying the remaining Axis forces Military_operation in North Africa .

The poor state Statement of the roads and rail lines in Algeria meant that Allied forces Military_operation faced Confronting_problem difficult logistic challenges Competition which enabled Preventing_or_letting the Axis to prolong a defence Defending .

Nevertheless , the growing number and experience of Allied forces Military_operation squeezed Motion the Axis toward the northern tip of Tunisia .

The Raid at Cabanatuan ( Filipino : ) , also known as The Great Raid ( Filipino : ) , was a rescue Rescuing of Allied prisoners of war ( POWs ) and civilians from a Japanese camp near Cabanatuan City , in the Philippines .

The Japanese shifted Removing most of the prisoners to other areas , leaving just over 500 American and other Allied POWs and civilians in the prison .

Axis forces were isolated in northern Tunisia and faced Confronting_problem a final Allied assault .

The only significant threat Warning to the sea forces were friendly fire attacks Attack by Allied aircraft , after which red recognition patches were painted Filling on the ships .

The shorter defensive Defending position behind the Noyon Salient was built Building to economise on manpower , contain an Allied breakthrough and make possible a deliberate withdrawal Escaping to prepared positions Employment .

Greater output of explosives , ammunition and weapons by German industry to provide Supply the means to counter the Allied ( battle of equipment ) was attempted in the Hindenburg Programme of August 1916 .

The British 6th Airborne Division , under the command Control of Major-General Richard Nelson Gale , was one of the first Allied units to arrive in Arriving Normandy on D-Day , 6 June 1944 , and successfully secured Getting the left flank of the invasion zone .

After defeating Conquering Emperor Napoleon at the Battle of La Rothière , the two main Allied armies under Austrian Field Marshal Karl Philipp , Prince of Schwarzenberg and Prussian Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher separated Forming_relationships .

Allied lapses in communication and Blücher 's overconfidence left Olsufiev 's corps isolated near Champaubert when Napoleon 's army lunged Self_motion from the south to deal it a crippling blow Attack .

When planning Arranging began Process_start for Operation Military_operation Torch , the Allied invasion Attack of North Africa in 1942 , it was decided Deciding to attach Connect the 1st Parachute Brigade , part of the 1st Airborne Division , to the Allied forces Causation taking part Dispersal , as an American airborne unit , the 2nd Battalion , 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment , was also to be used Using during the invasion Attack .

When planning Arranging began Process_start for Operation Military_operation Torch , the Allied invasion Attack of North Africa in 1942 , it was decided Deciding to attach Connect the 1st Parachute Brigade , part of the 1st Airborne Division , to the Allied forces Causation taking part Dispersal , as an American airborne unit , the 2nd Battalion , 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment , was also to be used Using during the invasion Attack .

Units from the 1st Para Brigade dropped Motion_directional near Bône on 12 November , then near Souk el-Arba and Béja on 13 November , and at Pont Du Fahs on 29 November , seizing Conquering airfields , fighting Hostile_encounter as infantry after each action and linking Connect up with an Allied armoured force , supporting Supporting it until December .

Due to the inability of units of the British First Army to link Connect up with the Pont Du Fahs force , the 2nd Parachute Battalion , under Lieutenant Colonel John Frost , was forced Request to retreat Escaping over fifty miles towards the nearest Allied units ; it was attacked Attack several times during the retreat Escaping , and although it reached Arriving Allied lines safely it had taken Getting more than 250 casualties Catastrophe .

Due to the inability of units of the British First Army to link Connect up with the Pont Du Fahs force , the 2nd Parachute Battalion , under Lieutenant Colonel John Frost , was forced Request to retreat Escaping over fifty miles towards the nearest Allied units ; it was attacked Attack several times during the retreat Escaping , and although it reached Arriving Allied lines safely it had taken Getting more than 250 casualties Catastrophe .

For the next four months the 1st Para Brigade was used Using in a ground role , serving Assistance under several formations and advancing Cause_to_make_progress with Allied ground forces Causation ; it suffered Bodily_harm heavy casualties Death on several occasions but also took Conquering large numbers of Axis prisoners .

The brigade was transferred Military_operation out of the front in mid-April 1943 and left Departing to rejoin Becoming_a_member the rest of the 1st Airborne Division to train Education_teaching for Operation Military_operation Husky , the Allied invasion Attack of Sicily .

As a result , the Soviet Dnieper-Carpathian Offensive Attack played Competition a key role in influencing Influence the future successes Achieve of Allied D-Day landings Arriving and Soviet Operation Military_operation Bagration , as German forces Hostile_encounter stationed Placing in France and belonging to Army Group Centre were critically weakened Cause_change_of_strength by those transfers Military_operation .