German losses were again mainly from the difficult-to-replace assault divisions.
After the heavy fighting in late 1917, the division was transferred to the army reserve and began training as an assault division.
The five assault divisions crossed the channel in five great assault groups.
The Germans had trained two airborne/airlanding assault divisions.
So he ordered all three assault divisions to dig in at their second line of objectives.
Once across the Senio the assault divisions were to advance to cross the Santerno.
During the First Indochina War, he was officer in an assault naval division.
All the British and Canadian assault divisions had units of the 79th Division attached to them.
About 2,300 troops from this air assault division are being deployed.
He was in command of Force N, which would be responsible for landing the assault division.