The order was to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines.
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Bridgehead
/ˈbɹɪd͡ʒhɛd/
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He believed the invasion would happen elsewhere and it wasn't until late in the afternoon and long after the Allied forces had established a bridgehead that Hitler was convinced of the need to do something.
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