Sentence examples for commanders tanks from inspiring English sources

Scattered along the length of the beach, trapped between the sea and the impassable shingle embankment and with no operating radios amongst the commanders, tanks had to be controlled individually.

But whereas a commander of tanks or jet fighters knows only his own specialty, el-Sisi had handled intelligence for all units.

At the start of the war, most commanders thought enemy tanks should be met by tanks with superior specifications.

Rommel [who then led one of the panzer divisions] and all those tank commanders were high – and without the tanks, they certainly wouldn't have won".

503) during the Battle of Normandy, opposing Operation Atlantic between Troarn and Demouville on 18 July 1944; losses were: two from combat, plus the company commander's tank which became irrecoverably trapped after falling into a bomb crater created during Operation Goodwood.

In one instance, pro-Gbagbo commanders ordered their tanks to fire on unarmed women.

Commanders said American tanks had rolled virtually unopposed along both the Tigris and the Euphrates, killing hundreds of Iraqis who fired small arms at passing tank columns.

In 1917, as an homage to the tank commanders who helped defend France, Louis Cartier designed the rectangular tank watch, which was inspired by the vehicle's shape and rugged elegance (women's white-gold American Tank with diamonds, $33,875).

Some tankers were shipped to Europe without having so much as driven a car before; some tank commanders were forced to teach their men how to load and fire their tank guns in the field prior to missions.

Many tank commanders, even battalion commanders, are women.

Ms. Kogan, who once grappled with tank commanders in Russia, was not giving up.