Sentence examples for diversionary operations from inspiring English sources

Australians posted to RAF units also landed paratroopers in Normandy and took part in diversionary operations.

What they've done since is launch diversionary operations to draw away Kurdish forces who were approaching their capital in Raqqa.

Following this, Duke of York was involved in Operations Camera and Governor which were diversionary operations designed to draw the Germans' attention away from Operation Husky.

Other diversionary operations included raids on Egyptian aircraft and tanks at the south airport of San'a and a mortar at the Egyptian and republican residence in a suburb of Taiz.

In August 1939, Mazurkiewicz was assigned to the Diversionary Operations (Grupa Operacyjnej Dywersji) of the Polish General Staff, which was involved in counter-intelligence against Nazi Germany particularly in the Free City of Danzig.

Operation Gearbox in June 1943 involved a sweep by Duke of York and Anson, in company with the US battleships and, to provide distant cover for minor operations in Spitsbergen and the Kola Inlet, while the following month diversionary operations, codenamed "Camera" and "Governor of Norway", were carried out in order to draw the Germans' attention away from Operation Husky.

During the landing in April, my division was employed in a diversionary operation — a feint — off the southeast coast of the island.

On the right flank of the 2nd Canadian Division, the 12th Canadian Infantry Brigade of the 4th Canadian Division executed a diversionary operation which proved successful in drawing German retaliatory fire away from the main operation.

However, all the key features of Morgan's plan remained; the choice of Normandy as the assault area, the use of Mulberry harbours, the deployment of American forces on the right and British on the left, the use of airborne troops to cover the flanks, and some form of diversionary operation in Southern France.

They recognized that if a SAR mission was predestined to fail, it should not be attempted, and other options such as special operations, diversionary tactics and other creative approaches tailored to the situation had to be considered.

The division then took part in a mostly diversionary amphibious landing, Operation Slapstick, part of the Allied invasion of Italy.