The 58th Division ( Major-General Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe ) was to conduct Action the attack Attack , between the 55th ( West Lancashire ) Infantry Division on the right flank and the 51st ( Highland ) Division on the left .

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 .

The operation , one of three landings during the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943 , was undertaken by airborne troops of the British 1st Airborne Division , commanded Control by Major-General George Hopkinson .

Following the Fall of France in 1940 , Major-General Plaek Pibulsonggram ( popularly known as `` Phibun '' ) , the prime minister of Thailand , decided Deciding that France 's defeat Conquering gave Giving the Thais an even better chance to regain Getting the vassal state Statement territories that were ceded Surrendering to France during King Chulalongkorn 's reign .

The 7th Armoured Division ( Major-General Sir Michael O'Moore Creagh ) was dispatched Sending to intercept Attack the remnants of the 10th Army by moving Self_motion through the desert , south of the Jebel Akhdar ( Green Mountain ) via Msus and Antelat as the 6th Australian Division pursued Self_motion the Italians along the coast road , north of the jebel .

Major-General Mohammed al-Askari reported Reporting that the Iraqi security forces had achieved Achieve half of the goals set for the operation .

The relief Assistance force led by the 50th ( Northumbrian ) Infantry Division , under Major-General Sidney C. Kirkman , which was short of transport Sending , were still away when they halted Process_end for the night .