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    Operation Pheasant, also known as the Liberation of North Brabant, was a major operation to clear German troops from the province of North Brabant in the...
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  • Operation Golden Pheasant was an emergency deployment of U.S. troops to Honduras in 1988, in response to Nicaraguan attacks on Contra logistics in Honduras...
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    the pheasant genera's native range is restricted to Eurasia. The classification "pheasant" is paraphyletic, as birds referred to as pheasants are included...
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    Ypres, Oostnieuwkerke, Roeselare, Tielt, Ruislede, and Ghent. During Operation Pheasant a successful outflanking manoeuvre planned and performed by General...
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    which included the Battle of Overloon. After Aintree's completion Operation Pheasant was launched on 20 October which saw the Market Garden salient expand...
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    the operation.) On 24 October, the brigade was ordered to move south-west to Tilburg to attack the town from the south during Operation Pheasant while...
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  • and Spain Pheasant Island (Eutin), an island in Germany HMS Pheasant, several ships of the Royal Navy Operation Pheasant, military operation in Netherlands...
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    Canadian Army so they could help the 2nd British Army to take part in Operation Pheasant, an offensive to liberate North Brabant and expand the Arnhem salient...
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    415th Infantry Regiment, liberated Achtmaal from German troops. Operation Pheasant (code-name "Suitcase"), aimed at clearing German troops from the province...
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    border and waited for word to take part in a new allied offensive, Operation Pheasant, taking the place of the experienced British 49th Infantry Division...
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    Nijmegen/Eindhoven salient in Operation Pheasant. The British Second Army cleared the 15th Army from the Roer Triangle during Operation Blackcock, pushing it...
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    expanded Eastwards with Operation Aintree which saw bitter fighting around the town of Overloon. To the West Operation Pheasant was conducted which resulted...
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    German spring offensive of that year. The Guard Ersatz Division fought in Operation Michael against the British in March, and in the Second Battle of the...
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    in November. The campaign to clear the Scheldt Estuary along with Operation Pheasant was a decisive victory for the Allies, as it allowed a greatly improved...
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    Division was to take part in XII Corps' operations to clear the western side of the Nijmegen salient (Operation Pheasant). On 19 October the regiment went back...
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    Wernhout and Klein-Zundert were liberated during the allied offensive Operation Pheasant on 27 October, Rijsbergen on 28 October. Achtmaal was liberated by...
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  • rebuild, and saw combat there later in the year, particularly during Operation Pheasant. In early 1945, it fought in the Battle of the Reichswald, and surrendered...
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  • Golden Pheasant may refer to: Golden pheasant Golden Pheasant (beer) Golden Pheasant (horse), racehorse Golden Pheasant Award, the highest award given...
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    64 mi (103 km) path to Antwerp. After the offensive on the Scheldt, Operation Pheasant was launched in conjunction to liberate North Brabant. The offensive...
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    fought the critical Battle of the Scheldt along with the supporting Operation Pheasant in October and early November, opening Antwerp for Allied shipping...
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    spent almost two months engaged at the Breskens Pocket as well as Operation Pheasant. It wintered in the Netherlands and took part in the final advance...
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    Siegfried Line campaign (category Battles and operations of World War II involving the United States)
    capital of Walcheren. Meanwhile, Operation Pheasant was launched in on October 20 which was intended as a major operation to clear German troops from the...
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    Scottish troops of the 7th Black Watch liberated the camp during Operation Pheasant after fighting a rear guard of SS personnel left to defend the nearly...
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    been tasked with attacking west from the corridor. This operation, codenamed Operation Pheasant, was designed to support the ongoing effort to clear the...
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  • fighting around the Maas river during Operation Pheasant which began in late October. The regiment saw action during Operation Blackcock, the plan to clear the...
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    Scheldt to occupy the Scheldt estuary, leading to the port of Antwerp. Operation Pheasant was conducted on 20 October to expand the Market Garden salient westwards...
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    1944. The city was liberated between 24 and 27 October 1944 during Operation Pheasant by British soldiers of Major-General Robert Knox Ross's 53rd (Welsh)...
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    the failure at Arnhem, the division continued to push forwards in Operation Pheasant, gaining a foothold in 's-Hertogenbosch on 26 October. It was then...
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  • Japanese occupation forces. The combined forces liberate Tacloban. Operation Pheasant begins – an offensive in the Netherlands which supports the ongoing...
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  • Liberation Brigade liberates Bitola for the Allies. 1944 – World War II: Operation Pheasant, an Allied offensive to liberate North Brabant in the Netherlands...
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