Operation Husky
World History
U.S. History
(noun)
The codename for the Allied invasion of Sicily during World War II.
Examples of Operation Husky in the following topics:
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The Sicilian Campaign
- The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers.
- The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II, in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers (Italy and Nazi Germany).
- Husky began on the night of 9/10 July 1943, and ended on 17 August.
- The most famous and successful of these was Operation Mincemeat.
- The documents purported to reveal that the Allies were planning "Operation Brimstone" and that an "Operation Husky" was an invasion of Greece.
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Sicily and Italy
- The Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, was a major campaign, in which the Allies took Sicily from the Axis.
- Strategically, Husky achieved the goals set out for it by Allied planners: the Allies drove Axis air, land, and naval forces from the island; the Mediterranean's sea lanes were opened; and Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was toppled from power.
- The plan for Operation Husky called for the amphibious assault of the island by two armies, one landing on the south eastern coast and one on the central southern coast.
- Fifth Army, expecting little resistance, landed against heavy German resistance at Salerno in Operation Avalanche.
- In addition, British forces landed at Taranto in Operation Slapstick, which was almost unopposed.
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Types of International Business Operations
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Operations
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Operating Expenses, Non-Operating Expenses, and Net Income
- Operating expenses and non operating expenses are deducted from revenue to yield net income.
- Operating expenses, non operating expenses and net income are three key areas of the income statement.
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Designing the Operation
- Operations management is a strategic function in organizations that adds value to customers and allows businesses to successfully produce goods and deliver services.
- Operational decisions determine how well these goods and services meet the needs of the organization's target market, and consequently, whether the organization will be able to survive over the long-term .
- Operations management and planning are common in industries such as the airlines, manufacturing companies, service provider organizations, the military, and government.
- Operations management touches upon multiple areas of a business, from engineering and research & development, to human resources and accounting.
- Operations management plays a key role in the success in airline companies.
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Combining Operating Leverage and Financial Leverage
- To calculate total leverage, we multiply Degree of Operating Leverage by Degree of Financial Leverage.
- Operating and financial leverage can be combined into an overall measure called "total leverage. " Total leverage can be used to measure the total risk of a company and can be defined as the percentage change in stockholder earnings for a given change in sales.
- Another way to determine total leverage is by multiplying the Degree of Operating Leverage and the Degree of Financial Leverage.
- Fully derived, we see that to multiply Degree of Operating Leverage and Degree of Financial Leverage, we subtract fixed costs and interest expense from the total contribution margin (revenue minus variable cost times the number of units sold), and divide total contribution margin by this result.
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Defining Operating Leverage
- Operating leverage is a measure of how revenue growth translates into growth in operating income.
- Operating leverage can be defined, simply, as the degree to which a firm incurs a combination of fixed and variable costs.
- Operating leverage is also a measure of how revenue growth translates into growth in operating income.
- Operating leverage also increases forecasting risk.
- These include the ratio of fixed costs to total costs, the ratio of fixed costs to variable costs, and the Degree of Operating Leverage (DOL).
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Operations Management
- Operations management is the management of processes that transform inputs into goods and services that add value for the customer.
- Operations management is the management of processes that transform inputs into goods and services that add value for the customer.
- Operations is one of the three strategic functions of any organization.
- Operations decisions include decisions that are strategic in nature, meaning that they have long-term consequences and often involve a great deal of expense and resource commitments.
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Day-to-Day Needs
- Operating cash flow refers to the daily cash inflows and outflows generated from business revenues earned, excluding certain costs.
- Operating cash flow refers to the amount of cash a company generates from the revenues it brings in, excluding costs associated with long-term investment on capital items or investment in securities.