Omar Nelson Bradley Biography and Timeline — Page 2

Operation Cobra

Authorizes Patton to outflank the Germans at Caen

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Cobra

Authorizes Patton to turn into the Orleans gap toward the Seine & Paris

Role range: 1939-1945

Commonwealth

The town of Falaise becomes a major objective of Commonwealth forces, since its capture would cut off virtually all of Generalfeldmarschall Gunther von Kluges Army Group B

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Lutch

Operation Luttich had been defeated by concerted, large-scale fighter-bomber air strikes against the German Panzers and trucks & in the process, forces of the German 7th Army became further enveloped by the Allied advance out of Normandy

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Lutch

The town of Falaise becomes a major objective of Commonwealth forces, since its capture would cut off virtually all of Generalfeldmarschall Gunther von Kluges Army Group B

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Totalize

Orders Patton to Le Mans & the British to Falaise. Launched by Bradley to totally defeat the Germans in Normandy

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Cobra

Troops of the newly activated 3rd United States Army captured the city of Le Mans, formerly the German 7th Armys headquarters

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Overlord

Orders Patton to create a "short hook" from Le Mans to Falaise to trap the Germans

Role range: 1939-1945

Third Army

Troops of the newly activated 3rd United States Army captured the city of Le Mans, formerly the German 7th Armys headquarters

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Totalize

Poles & Americans seal the Falaise pocket officially ending the Normandy Campaign

Role range: 1939-1945

Pocket-Falaise

Poles & Americans seal the Falaise pocket officially ending the Normandy Campaign

Role range: 1939-1945

Siege of Paris

Orders the Allied attack on Paris

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Cobra

Operation Cobra, together with concurrent offensives by the Second British and First Canadian Armies, was decisive in securing an Allied victory in the Normandy Campaign

Role range: 1939-1945

Maastricht Conference

Represents the principal American army group during the strategy meeting.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1944-1945

Western Front Strategy

Supports continued operations by American armies across a broad front.

Role range: 1939-1945 – 1944-1945

Capture of Schmidt Dam

Launches an offensive for the Schmidt Dam to stop the Germans flooding the Roer Valley

Role range: 1939-1945

Twelfth Army

Appointed Commander of the Twelfth Army Group

Commander of Army Group Twelve

Appointed Commander of the Twelfth Army Group

Commander of First Army

Appointed Commander of the First Army

Twelfth Army

Appointed Commander of the Twelfth Army Group

Role range: 1939-1945

Commander of Army Group Twelve

Appointed Commander of the Twelfth Army Group

Role range: 1939-1945

Commander of First Army

Appointed Commander of the First Army

Role range: 1939-1945

General

Appointed General

General

Appointed General

Role range: 1939-1945

Chief of Staff

Appointed Chief of Staff of the Army

Chairman

Appointed Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff

General Army

Appointed General of the Army

Death of Omar Nelson Bradley

Death of Omar Nelson Bradley