Sentence examples for beach assault from inspiring English sources

During a beach assault, he stepped on a land mine, which blew off a leg.

Initially, the demo seems to pitch Ryse as some sort of ancient world corollary to the Call Of Duty franchise; as the player begins the beach assault, they're forced to watch as a flaming projectile – which soars into frame in slow motion – slams into Titus's troops and briefly drowns out the soundtrack with the blast from its impact.

You are going to have ringside seats for the greatest show on earth (naval gunfire)." Rear Admiral John L. Hall, (Commander Task Force 124, the "Omaha" Beach Assault Force), strongly disapproved of the amount of air and naval bombardment used.

With the beach assault phase completed the RCTs reorganized into infantry regiments and battalions and over the course of the next two days achieved the original D-Day objectives.

Grappling with a £20 billion shortfall in the defence budget, the Tory minister has suggested mounting "really expensive guns" on tractors, disguising mobile missile defence ­systems as Coca-Cola lorries and turning old commercial ferries into beach assault craft, according to the Sun.

Her entire stern opens to release the high-speed air-cushion landing craft necessary for the Marines' rare but signature beach assaults.

Since Oct. 17, about 2,000 U.S. marines have been conducting mock beach assaults with the Philippine military on the northern island of Luzon.

And sure enough, in the Corps she became a respected public affairs officer and military journalist one day covering tank maneuvers or beach assaults, the next interviewing the secretary of the navy.

The Navy said there would be ship-to-shore shelling, air-to-ground bombing and beach assaults the biggest maneuvers since a civilian guard was killed by off-target bombs on the range in 1999.

A senior Royal Navy officer has decided to resign as his service considers axing two beach-assaulting warships and 1,000 Royal Marines to save money.

Their landings were to be supported by the tanks of the 743rd Tank Battalion; two companies swimming ashore in amphibious DD tanks and the remaining company landing directly onto the beach from assault craft.