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The operation was named Operation Blue and Brown (Hebrew: מבצע כחול וחום, romanized: Mivtza Kachol ve-Chum) and consisted of a night-time coastal landing and a difficult 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) march across very rough terrain to the heavily fortified Palestinian base, located near the coastal Lebanese town of Naameh (Arabic ...
Why Germany Nearly Won: A New History of the Second World War in Europe. Praeger. ISBN 978-1910777756. Nipe, George M. Jr. (2000). Last Victory in Russia: The SS-Panzerkorps and Manstein's Kharkov Counteroffensive – February–March 1943. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-1186-7. Schramm, Percy Ernst (1963).
The original operation, in which U.S. troops were deployed to Panama in early 1989, was called Operation Nimrod Dancer. [citation needed] Eventually these plans became Operation Blue Spoon, renamed Operation Just Cause by the Pentagon to sustain the perceived legitimacy of the invasion. [55]
Throughout this operation, Major R. S. Dyal displayed outstanding leadership and courage of a very high order in the best traditions of the Indian Army. In 1984, Ranjit Singh Dyal was appointed the security adviser to the Governor of Punjab for the Operation Blue Star, and effectively had the overall charge of leading the assault. [6]
The operation was initially named Fall Blau (Case Blue), which is the common name used for the whole offensive. The name was changed from Blau to Braunschweig on 30 June. [1] The plans following the original Case Blue (originally named Blue I and Blue II) were renamed to Operation Clausewitz and Operation Dampfhammer.
Lieutenant Ram Prakash Roperia, AC (10 June 1959 – 9 June 1984) was an Indian Army officer who was awarded India's highest peace time military decoration Ashoka Chakra for his gallant act in Operation Blue Star.
The film reflects the following events of World War II: the capitulation of Friedrich Paulus's Sixth Army as a result of the failed assault on Stalingrad during Operation Blue in 1942; the preparation for revolt in Slovakia; negotiations of the Polish communists with Władysław Sikorski's government over their joint struggle against fascism; the creation of a National Committee of the ...
War Plan Red; War Plan Red was a U.S. strategic plan in the event of war with the British Empire. "Blue" indicated the United States while "Red" indicated the British Empire, whose territories were given their own different shades of red: Britain (Red), Newfoundland (Red), Canada (Crimson), India (Ruby), Australia (Scarlet), New Zealand (Garnet), and other areas shaded in pink which were not ...