History and chronology of Omar Nelson Bradley in USA

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Battle Tunisia
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Omar Nelson Bradley History of USA


1941	Brigadier General
Appointed Brigadier-General
1943	Battle of Tunisia
Tunisia Commander of the USAtroops at the battle of Tunisia
1943	Commander
Sicily Appointed Commander of the II Corps in Sicily
Appointed Commander of the II Corps in Tunisia
1943	Overlord
Aug Normandy Commands the USA1st Army during Operation Overlord
Oct Normandy Arrives in England to take command of the 1st Army
20th Oct Normandy The HQ for the 1st USAArmy opens in England
1944	Capture of Avranches
30th July Avranches Avranches is captured by Patton
1944	Capture of Barneville
18th June Barneville The Americans capture Barneville
18th June Barneville The Cotentin Peninsular is sealed isolating 4 German Divisions & the port of Cherbourg
1944	Capture of Carentan
11th June Carentan Carentan is captured, uniting all the American forces
1944	Capture of Cherbourg
21st June Cherbourg The USAforces arrive at the hills overlooking Cherbourg
26th June Cherbourg The USAArmy captures the Fort du Roule, the key to the defences of Cherbourg
27th June Cherbourg Cherbourg falls to the Allies
1944	Capture of La Haye du Puits
1st July La Haye Captures La-Haye-du-Puits
1944	Capture of Schmidt Dam
13th Dec Schmidt Dam Launches an offensive for the Schmidt Dam to stop the Germans flooding the Roer Valley
1944	Capture of St Lo
18th June St Lo An attack of St Lo is launched but is slowed down by the Normandy countryside, bocage
25th July St Lo The USAadvances across St Lo to Periers Road
1944	Commander
Appointed Commander of the 12th Army Group
Appointed Commander of the 1st Army
1944	Operation Cobra
20th July Normandy Forced to postpone Operation Cobra due to heavy rainfall
24th July Normandy Operation Cobra is postponed for a 2nd time
25th July St Lo 2,500 bombers from the 8th & 9th Air Forces open a gap west of St-Lo
25th July Normandy Gives the go ahead for Operation Cobra
27th July St Lo Pushes Patton through a gap in the German defence toward Avranches
4th Aug Caen Authorizes Patton to outflank the Germans at Caen
4th Aug Orleans Gap Authorizes Patton to turn into the Orleans gap toward the Seine & Paris
1944	Operation Totalize
7th Aug Normandy Launched by Bradley to totally defeat the Germans in Normandy
7th Aug Normandy Orders Patton to Le Mans & the British to Falaise
22nd Aug Chambois Poles & Americans seal the Falaise pocket officially ending the Normandy Campaign
1944	Overlord
5th June Caen 3 Airbourne Divisions land behind enemy lines at St-Mere-Eglise & Caen
5th June St Mere Eglise 3 Airbourne Divisions land behind enemy lines at St-Mere-Eglise & Caen
6th June Normandy Lands the 2nd British Army from the river Orme to St-Vaast-La-Hogue
6th June Omah Beach The USAArmy succesfully captrures Omah & Utah beaches
9th June Cotentin Commands paratroopers who land on the eastern side of the Cotentin Peninsular only
9th June Isigny The USA5th Corps capture Isigny on the way to uniting the Utah & Omaha
3rd Aug Normandy Orders Patton to clear Britanny with a "minimum forces"
8th Aug Falaise Orders Patton to create a "short hook" from Le Mans to Falaise to trap the Germans
1944	Pocket Falaise
22nd Aug Falaise Poles & Americans seal the Falaise pocket officially ending the Normandy Campaign
1944	Siege of Paris
22nd Aug Paris Orders the Allied attack on Paris
1945	General
Appointed General
1948	Chief of Staff
Appointed Chief-of-Staff of the Army
1949	Chairman JCS
Appointed Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff
1950	General Army
Appointed General of the Army
1981	Death
8th April Death of Omar Nelson Bradley