Sentence examples for from their bridgehead from inspiring English sources

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.

In Rotterdam, though reinforced by an infantry regiment, the Dutch failed to completely dislodge the German airborne troops from their bridgehead on the northern bank of the Maas.

From their bridgehead at Petuaria they travelled northwards and built roads along the Wolds to Derventio, present day Malton, and then westwards to the River Ouse where they built the fort of Eboracum.

After it had pierced the German defense and produced a flanking menace to the central sector, Zhukov's armies in the centre of the front bounded forward from their bridgeheads nearer Warsaw.

Hitler was enraged by his estimates of Soviet troop strengths: "Who is responsible for producing this rubbish?" On 12 and 13 January 1945, the First Belarusian Front and the First Ukrainian Front indeed attacked from their Vistula bridgeheads, and the campaign for Berlin had begun.

Now rereleased in cinemas on its 40th anniversary, the film was their bridgehead into international stardom.

However, by the evening of August 6, KPA held firmly on to their bridgehead.

As PPCLI secured and held their bridgehead over the Moro River, the Seaforth Highlanders were struggling to enter San Leonardo.

North Korean forces began making gains in the hills along the river adjacent to their bridgehead, against positions of the 34th Infantry.

In the operation's final phase, codenamed Goitre, elements of the 43rd Division would cross the river to hold the area taken, while the 15th Division would continue to expand their bridgehead.

Then, on April 16, Zhukov resumed the offensive in conjunction with Konev, who forced the crossings of the Neisse; this time the Soviets burst out of their bridgeheads, and within a week they were driving into the suburbs of Berlin.