- A
salient, also
known as a bulge, is a
battlefield feature that
projects into
enemy territory. The
salient is
surrounded by the
enemy on
multiple sides...
- 12 July the
Soviets launched Operation Kutuzov,
their counter-offensive upon the Orel
salient,
which threatened the
flank and rear of Model's 9th Army...
- The
Ypres Salient,
around Ypres, in Belgium, was the
scene of
several battles and a
major part of the
Western Front during World War I.
Ypres lies at...
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during the
planned German retreat from the
salient known as
Operation Büffel
During the
Soviet winter counter-offensive of 1941, and the Rzhev–Vyazma strategic...
- Arras. As part of
Allied operations in the
Ypres Salient,
British mining against the German-held
salient at
Wijtschate (Wytchaete or
Whitesheet to the British)...
- The
Battle of the
Nijmegen salient or the
Defence of the
Nijmegen bridgehead was a
series of
engagements that took
place in the
Netherlands during World...
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consolidate gains before being forced out by
counter-attacks.
Intermittent operations at the
Leipzig Salient continued as part of the
Battle of Pozières...
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Soviet mobile formations were
moved out of the
salient and a
large reserve force was
formed for
strategic counter-offensives.
After the
conclusion of the battle...
- 000
British casualties. The
advance produced an
awkward salient and a
surprise German counter-offensive
began on 30 November,
which drove back the British...
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original plan, at Fleury-devant-Douaumont and Fort Souville,
driving a
salient into the
French defences.
Fleury was
captured and the
Germans came within...