"defense" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Instead of coming in at high altitudes, the attack was a low level sweep over the water that caught the Japanese defenses off-guard.
- The determined Japanese defense left only 51 survivors of an original garrison of 3,500.
- The third attack on 11 August found the Japanese defenses prepared for the American bombers.
- The northwest to southeast line of Japanese defenses, definitively unknown at the time, also contributed to the confusion.
- As Japanese defenses crumbled on the island in late March 1945, 56 of the 130 residents committed suicide, he said.
- Japanese defenses were much weaker by night, and the three bombers lost in this attack crashed due to mechanical problems.
- In short order, they overran the Japanese defenses, sustaining four casualties during the action.
- However, as the Japanese defenses were fully integrated, the flanking attempt was unsuccessful.
- The Japanese defenses at the Bonegi held up the American advance for almost three days.
- However, Japanese defenses on the island were minimal.
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