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beachhead
['bi:ʧhed]
n
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tête de pont
;
tête de plage
English thesaurus
beachhead
['bi:ʧhed]
n
mil., abbr.
bh
;
bhd
mil., logist.
Area comprising a landing site made up of one beach or more, an air sea platform and/or a port area or, at least, a roads permitting to convey the other elements of the projected force. Further operations will start from this area, especially the bridge head conquest support.
(FRA)
USA
A designated area on a hostile or potentially hostile shore that, when seized and held, ensures the continuous landing of troops and materiel, and provides maneuver space requisite for subsequent projected operations ashore
(JP 3-02)
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