Now, with LCAC, landing craft complement helos in speed, tactical surprise and without exposing ships to enemy fire.
12.
They wished to pull their troops back, so an attack would have to cross undefended ground and lose any tactical surprise.
13.
Tactical surprise and a break-through were achieved, after the First Army prepared the attack with great attention to detail.
14.
The U . S Military reports no significant resistance, and also says it achieved the tactical surprise factor it was seeking.
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The intensity with which this preparation was undertaken bore fruit, as evidenced by the tactical surprise which the actual assault achieved.
16.
The exact timing, he said, was driven by Butler's report and for the purpose of achieving a tactical surprise.
17.
A year before the invasion, at the Conference on Landing Assaults, Cota had argued in favor of striving for tactical surprise:
18.
In order to achieve tactical surprise, the operation was launched immediately following Operation Marauder, with the Australians and Americans redeployed by air.
19.
At Pont-?Mousson, the American 317th Infantry dispensed with reconnaissance and preliminary artillery bombardments, hoping to use tactical surprise instead.
20.
In the battle that followed, despite achieving tactical surprise by approaching from an unexpected direction, the Japanese attackers were unable to capture Wau.
