amphibious invasion
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concept
An amphibious invasion is a coordinated military operation in which armed forces assault a hostile or potentially hostile shore by deploying troops, vehicles, and equipment from the sea onto land.
Aliases (10)
- amphibious assault ×8
- amphibious landing ×3
- planned amphibious invasion ×2
- Allied amphibious landing ×1
- Allied invasion plan ×1
- Sword Beach sub-sector ×1
- World War II amphibious landing ×1
- World War II amphibious operation ×1
- amphibious invasion plan ×1
- component of Operation Overlord ×1
Instances (26)
- Operation Watchtower
- Operation Avalanche
- Inchon Landing ("amphibious assault")
- Operation Olympic ("Allied invasion plan")
- Battle of Anzio ("amphibious landing")
- Operation Baytown ("World War II amphibious landing")
- Dieppe Raid ("amphibious assault")
- Operation Detachment ("amphibious assault")
- D-Day
- Battle of Nassau ("amphibious assault")
- Husky ("amphibious assault")
- Unternehmen Seelöwe ("amphibious invasion plan")
- Operation Coronet ("planned amphibious invasion")
- Operation Dragoon
- Avalanche ("Allied amphibious landing")
- Allied invasion of Sicily
- Operation Goodtime ("World War II amphibious operation")
- Operation Sea Lion ("planned amphibious invasion")
- Invasion of Guam ("amphibious assault")
- British landing at Benedict, Maryland ("amphibious landing")
- Battle of Salerno ("amphibious landing")
- Operation Neptune ("component of Operation Overlord")
- Queen Red ("Sword Beach sub-sector")
- Inchon Regiment ("amphibious assault")
- Overlord
- Operation Chromite ("amphibious assault")