Sentence examples for achieving surprise from inspiring English sources

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In addition, the DPRK knew that combined ROK-U.S. surveillance capabilities would prevent it from achieving surprise, so Lee was reassured that no direct military provocation was imminent.

After initially achieving surprise a number of the forward Chinese outposts fell to the Fusiliers.

When the amphibious landings took place on November 8 , 1942 the Americans had achieved surprise too fully, throwing their friends and helpers into confusion.

Alex Fishman, a military affairs analyst at the newspaper Yediot Aharonot, wrote, "The Iranians ought to be worried by Israel's ability to deceive and achieve surprise at such a vast distance from home — if it was Israel that carried out the attack".

The ability to attack fixed targets such as the Panama Canal or Pearl Harbor, and to achieve surprise in doing so, had been amply demonstrated in naval exercises as well as in battle, but finding, reporting, and closing on ships at sea was a greater challenge.

The ROKG was not particularly worried about the specific threats to the South contained in the statements because they saw the statements as targeted at the domestic audience, and in any case knew the DPRK would try to achieve surprise if it were to resort to military action, rather than giving warning.

The British aircraft failed to achieve surprise.

These aircraft achieved surprise, and Tirpitz was not obscured by smoke when they arrived over Kaafjord.

During the first phase of the operation the Germans achieved surprise.

According to plan, Zur was meant to flank the Egyptians from the west and achieve surprise.