Allied ground forces had landed on Guadalcanal and nearby islands only the day before.

Allied ground forces had landed on Guadalcanal and nearby islands only two days before.

Over a period of several weeks, the Allied ground forces steadily gave ground.

The airfield was sized from the Germans by Allied ground forces on 15 September 1944.

Primary mission was to fly ground air support missions for advancing Allied ground forces in Italy.

The division would then hold the territory that it had seized until it could be relieved by advancing Allied ground forces.

It had relatively few operational planes available for any single sortie and was repeatedly forced to relocate due to the approach of Allied ground forces.

In six weeks the squadron flew a total of 1200 hours in support of Allied ground forces.

April 21: Allied ground forces take city; military occupation begins.

The German division was completely destroyed, and the Allied ground forces broke through four days later.