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    Operation Brushwood was a part of Operation Torch, Allied landings in Africa during World War II. Taking place on 8 November 1942, the landings were intended...
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    Morocco: Safi (Operation Blackstone), Fedala (Operation Brushwood, the largest landing with 19,000 men), and Mehdiya-Port Lyautey (Operation Goalpost). Because...
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  • Look up brushwood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Brushwood can mean: Brian Brushwood, American magician, podcaster, author and comedian known for...
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    Brian Allen Brushwood (born January 17, 1975) is an American magician, podcaster, author, lecturer, YouTuber and comedian. Brushwood is known for the series...
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  • 8–10: Operation Blackstone November 8–10: Operation Brushwood November 8–10: Operation Goalpost November 8: Battle of Arzew November 8: Operation Reservist...
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    at Fedala as they tried to flee. The Fedala port was captured in Operation Brushwood. The US Navy operated a base at Safi, Morocco, similar to Casablanca...
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    Base, Operation Goalpost Fedala, French Morocco, Africa FPO# 215, (Operation Brushwood, port Safi, French Morocco, Africa FPO# 217, (Operation Blackstone)...
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    Morocco: Asfi (Operation Blackstone), Fedala (Operation Brushwood, the largest landing with 19,000 men), and Mehdiya-Port Lyautey (Operation Goalpost). Because...
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    Lazarett was surrounded by a tall barbed-wire fence, camouflaged with brushwood to screen it from view. Behind the fence was a big ditch which served...
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  • convinced the local Vichy authorities not to oppose the landings. Operation Brushwood was executed as part of Torch. Forces captured Fedhala and then marched...
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    Operation Vulcan (22 April – 6 May 1943) and Operation Strike (6–12 May 1943) were the final ground attacks by the Allied forces against the Italian and...
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    the first big operation by the Eighth Army since the Second Battle of El Alamein 4+1⁄2 months previously. On 19 March 1943, Operation Pugilist, the first...
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    operating procedures for amphibious operations. He landed with the division at Fedala during Operation Brushwood on 8 November 1942, and helped capture...
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    Operation Crusader (18 November – 30 December 1941) was a military operation of the Western Desert Campaign during the Second World War by the British...
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    Unternehmen Ochsenkopf (Operation Ox Head) also known as the Battle of Sidi Nsir and the Battle of Hunts Gap was an Axis offensive operation in Tunisia from 26...
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  • Operation Terminal was an Allied operation during World War II. Part of Operation Torch (the Allied invasion of French North Africa, 8 November 1942)...
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  • assault on Port Blondin and the bridges at Wadi Nefifikh during Operation Brushwood. During the assault on Italy in late September, 1943, CPT Larson...
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    Operation Blackstone was a part of Operation Torch, the Allied landings in North Africa during World War II. The operation called for American amphibious...
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    Military operations began in June 1940 with the Italian declaration of war and the Italian invasion of Egypt from Libya in September. Operation Compass...
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  • Operation Reservist was an Allied military operation during the Second World War. Part of Operation Torch (the Allied invasion of North Africa), it was...
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  • originally titled Gymnast Blackstone (1942) — US assault on Safi, Morocco Brushwood (1942) — US assault on Fedala Goalpost (1942) — US assault on Port Lyautey...
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    areas based on post codes: – Elmtree First School, Newtown Infant School, Brushwood Junior School, Thomas Harding Junior School, Ivingswood Academy (previously...
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    The Battle of Sidi Bou Zid (Unternehmen Frühlingswind/Operation Spring Breeze) took place during the Tunisia Campaign from 14–17 February 1943, in World...
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    North African campaign (category Battles and operations of World War II involving Australia)
    Desert campaign, also known as the Desert War), in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch), and in Tunisia (Tunisia campaign). The campaign was fought between...
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    800 yd (730 m) towards the front line but was full of mud and impassable. Brushwood tracks, unusable during the day, continued the route towards the front...
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    passage of small boats. Wooden planks were laid across the cables, and brushwood and soil used to cover the planks and form a dirt roadway. Screens were...
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    of the Nolledijk breach in Vlissingen. A brushwood fascine in the foreground Laborers preparing a brushwood fascine; in the background obstacles for landingcraft...
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    of beech wood around the heart Pile with various layers (wood, spruce brushwood (Fichtenreisig), grass sods) Lighting of a charcoal pile by honorary guests...
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    fastened them above. When this was done, they carried on brushwood, and having set the brushwood also in place, they carried on to it earth; and when they...
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    traditional Ukrainian countryside dwelling. A house made of clay, raw brick or brushwood (for the roof), plastered with clay mixed with manure or any other organic...
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