Sentence examples for bridgehead fell from inspiring English sources
With the 6th Airborne Division still refitting after Operation Tonga, and the subsequent fighting in Normandy, the task of securing the Rhine Bridgehead fell to the 1st Airborne Division under the command of Major-General Roy Urquhart.
During Operation Badr, al-Galaa and the Chinese Farm fell within the designated bridgehead of the 16th Infantry Division.
However, with only a platoon from D Company holding a tenuous bridgehead at the Pakchon ford as dusk fell, Green could either cross the river the following morning via the ford, or he could attempt a lodgement across the bridge that night.
The French attempted to launch counter-attacks against the German-held bridgeheads, from 15 17 May, but the offensives fell victim to delay and confusion.
Suburbs of the city fell and, although the enemy resisted fiercely, the Saar bridgehead was firmly established by 19 December.
The official announcement on Voronezh, which fell in the first month of 1943, was that the bridgehead had been systematically evacuated without enemy pressure, in order to shorten the front.
The 104th Brigade tried to cross the Kupa River at 5 a.m., but failed and fell back to its starting position by 8 a.m., at which time it was shifted to the bridgehead established by the 110th Home Guard Regiment.
Using this freedom to his advantage, Model managed to fall back and begin establishing a line along the Narva River with a strong bridgehead on the eastern bank in Ivangorod.
Guderian's decision to strike north west left the 10th Panzer Division protecting the bridgehead alone.
It's humans who are the bridgehead.
