us first went into the middle east on the date of 10 may 1801.
what date did the us first go into the middle east?
10 may 1801
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general bernard montgomery, the allied ground forces commander, had planned a strategy of attracting german forces to the east end of the bridgehead against the british and canadians, while the us first army advanced down the west side of the cotentin peninsula to avranches. on 25 july the us first army commander, lieutenant-general omar bradley, began operation cobra. the us first army broke through the german defences near saint-lô and by the end of the third day had advanced south of its start line at several points. avranches was captured on 30 july and within 24 hours the us viii corps of the us third army crossed the bridge at pontaubault into brittany and continued south and west through open country, almost without opposition.
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