DelroyMonjo wrote:DeuZerre. Well, that's exactly what the Americans, British, and Canadians did in France, 1944. Virtually every island conquered in the Pacific during WWII was done with a mass inf attack over the beaches. Sorry if I didn't mention other instances but those are what came to mind.
Well, since we started on the Pacific campaign - I would not say that "rushing" was actually the tactic that USMC used to gain control of islands. It is true that beach landings have this sort of "feel" to them, but it is mostly because of the space limitations of (usually) narrow areas that are even usable for amphibious landings. But each landing, as everyone correctly pointed out, was preceded by meticulous planning, engineering, naval, and air preparations (mostly in scope of days or even hours before the H-hour). Landing troops were often provided with armor support, full logistics, continued close air and naval artillery support. And, mind you, no island battle was won with succesful landing. Nor were the most casualties inflicted or suffered during landings. After taking the main military objectives (airfields, and (potential) naval bases) the battle usually deteriorated into fighting in extremely difficult terrain and conditions which pretty much precluded any use of said "rushing". On contrary - I would say, that attacking troops were proceeding carefully and slowly, taking one enemy strongpoint at a time. No flanking, no maneuver, very often no heavy arms support due to terrain. Of course, this mostly applies to small islands and atolls - the Phillipines, for example, were quite another matter....
I have to say that actual rushes took place during the Pacfici campaign, but pretty much exclusively by Japanese, but that is another story altogether.