"defence" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Machine guns salvaged from the wrecked landing craft were set up in the beach defences.
- The beach defences seen at the foot of the Rock in the initial shot were also added solely for the film, to an otherwise non-military area.
- Once clear of the beach defences they found themselves in a relatively quite sector.
- The approach was from the town quay, across the harbour, through the beach defences onto the Cape and into the U-boat repair docks.
- It was hoped that preliminary naval and air bombardment would soften up the beach defences and destroy coastal strongpoints.
- Tank obstacles, land mines and beach defences were put in place around the Fort.
- Its objectives were to reconnoitre and damage the beach defences, take prisoners and destroy a searchlight battery.
- Back in England, he took on responsibility for the beach defences in Devon and Cornwall, where many of his pillboxes still stand today.
- Another large contribution was the 15,000 miles of tube, used for the construction of beach defences, termed Admiralty scaffolding.
- It was then that the British conducted a review of the beach defences.
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