Sentence examples for the operation commenced from inspiring English sources

The operation commenced on 6 June 1944 with the Normandy landings (Operation Neptune, commonly known as D-Day).

The operation commenced on 5 June with the insertion of blocking forces consisting of Australian, New Zealand and US troops, followed by the aerial insertion of 3 RAR.

When the operation commenced on May 11, heavy fog shrouded the recapturing force from the Japanese, which hampered the latter's attempts at defending the island.

The operation commenced on 14 August at 11 42, covered by an artillery smokescreen that mimicked the night attack of Operation Totalize.

The operation commenced on 6 April and concluded on 7 or 8 April, resulting in paralysis of Yugoslav civilian and military command and control, widespread destruction largely in the centre of the city, and significant civilian casualties.

The offensive established a short-lived bridgehead, evacuated in panic two days after the operation commenced, under tank and mortar fire from the Yugoslav People's Army JNAA) deployed north of Glina.

On 10 May, the RY operation commenced.

For example, one commercial fishing operation commenced on the Murray River near Echuca in 1855, targeting Murray cod over hundreds of kilometres of river, and yet within eight years, grave concerns over the sustainability of this operation, and complaints about the near-absence of Murray cod in their heavily fished grounds, were being raised in the main state newspaper, The Argus.

Revenue operation commenced on May 20 , 1984with 125,000 taking the free first-day service from Pinecrest/Dadeland to Overtown.

The major zinc-recovery process, electrolysis, made steady progress after commercial operation commenced around 1915 18.

The Manifesto of Umkhonto was issued on the day that operations commenced.