Sentence examples for bridgehead over from inspiring English sources

When the war broke out, he rushed back into uniform and led the first forces across a narrow bridgehead over the Suez Canal.

The Soviet offensive opened on January 12 , 1945 when Konev's armies were launched against the German front in southern Poland, starting from their bridgehead over the Vistula River near Sandomierz.

Whatever his disposition, Captain Jamieson remained steadfast and in command over a tumultuous 36-hour stretch of Aug. 7 and 8, 1944, when he exposed himself to intense German fire defending a bridgehead over the River Orne in Normandy, south of Caen.

He served proudly with the 83rd Infantry "Thunderbolt" Division in the campaigns of Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and Central Europe and served with distinction in ground combat in Northern France, in Belgium, the Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge and the bridgehead over the Elbe River.

Germans already have a bridgehead over canal west of Eecloo.

On 27 November the brigade secured a bridgehead over the river.

Between 900 and 1,000 Bosnians in the Brčko bridgehead and over 2,300 in Zagreb were allocated to labour battalions and similar non-combatant auxiliary duties, although the disarming operation was not completed in the Zagreb area until mid-November.

In 1942, Nowotny increased his tally of victories and claimed his 30th and 31st kills on 11 July over the Wolchow bridgehead, which earned him the Luftwaffe Honor Goblet on 14 July 1942.

By securing the Driel Ferry Crossing, Urquhart hoped to hold out until XXX Corps could reach them and establish a new bridgehead over the Rhine using the ferry crossing platforms.

The German attacks convinced Lieutenant General John Crocker, commander of I Corps, to reinforce the 6th Airborne Division, and the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division was ordered to take over the southern sector of the Orne bridgehead.

The 6th Airborne retained control of the area between the Rivers Orne and Dives until 14 June, when the 51st (Highland) Infantry Division took over the southern part of the Orne bridgehead.