He now prepared Operation Cottage, the much larger invasion of Kiska.
Thus, he prepared Operation Herbstnebel, a less ambitious attack that did not aim to cross the Meuse, but would still have inflicted a severe setback on the Western Allied Army groups now bearing down on the Franco-German border.
In lieu of an immediate attack, the OKH prepared Operation Zitadelle (Citadel), the launching of which would be delayed while more troops were gathered in the area and the mud solidified.
Appointed director of plans at the Admiralty in 1917, Keyes began to prepare operations for blocking the entrances to Zeebrugge and Ostend.
Michèle Alliot-Marie, France's interior minister, said the police officers had been tracking ETA members who were in France "seeking refuge or preparing operations," according to The Associated Press.
By the end of the month, Kurdish forces had taken back much of the territory that they had lost to ISIS, and were preparing operations to reclaim the rest.
Although bin Laden has not succeeded, his attacks against the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998 demonstrate that he prepares operations years in advance and is not deterred by setbacks.
U.S. Planning Falluja Offensive American commanders in Iraq say they are preparing operations to open up rebel-held areas, especially Falluja, now under control of insurgents and Islamist groups.
The company has previously said it is "actively preparing" operations to regain control of the well, which is about 150 miles off the coast of Aberdeen.
From June to December 1943, the brigade prepared for operations as part of the 6th Airborne Division, training at every level from section up to division by day and night.
