Sentence examples for a base for supplies from inspiring English sources

During World War II, Poole was the third largest embarkation point for D-Day landings of Operation Overlord and afterwards served as a base for supplies to the allied forces in Europe.

Anti-Iraq protests have taken up much of their time: in particular, the permission given by the Irish government for the Americans to use Shannon aiport as a base for moving supplies to the Middle East (one friend of theirs crippled an American plane by taking an axe to its forward wheel).

Campaign group London Euromaidan has been using it as a base for collecting supplies and donations since December of 2013.

It said officials see no indications Russia intends to deploy significant ground forces, but may be preparing the airfield as a base for transporting military supplies or a launching pad for air strikes supporting Assad.

Boko Haram has stepped up attacks in Cameroon since it started cracking down on the radical Islamist group, which has used the far north as a base for recruitment and supplies for its Nigeria operations.

It assists in extracting perfumes from flowers, forms a base for medical ointments, and supplies a waterproof coating for wood.

It was the RAC's southernmost outpost and operated from 1812 to 1841, and was established as an agricultural base for supplying the northern settlements with food as well as for conducting trade with Alta California.

Instead, the Iraqi government's paramilitary forces have used it as a base for attacks on American supply convoys.

It long served as a base for shopping sprees to supply the North Korean elite with luxury goods, according to a memoir by a North Korean colonel who oversaw such purchases before defecting to Austria and publishing the book in March.

The departing president of Kyrgyzstan, the small but strategically important Central Asian country that houses a vital American air base for supplying the NATO war effort in neighboring Afghanistan, expressed deep concern on Wednesday about the potential for a contagious economic collapse in Afghanistan when foreign military forces withdraw.

Kyrgyzstan hosts a Russian air base, as well as a NATO base used for supply operations in nearby Afghanistan.