Sentence examples for extensive bombardment from inspiring English sources

Despite the extensive bombardment, Haig had been hampered by a shortage of artillery shells so the resulting bombardment fell far short of what he had originally planned.

However, Luftwaffe commander Hermann Göring, worried about the fate of his surrounded airborne troops, hoped to force an immediate Dutch national capitulation by a much more extensive bombardment.

The amphibious landing was to be preceded by extensive air bombardment as well as naval bombardment by Bombarding Force K, a task force of eighteen ships, primarily cruisers and destroyers.

Extensive aerial bombardment, even with precise accuracy, inevitably results in "collateral damage".

Research has shown that Earth, with a greater attractive mass than the Moon, must have undergone more extensive meteorite bombardment.

Senator John McCain, a leader among Republicans on military matters, called on the United States on Monday to conduct an extensive air bombardment of Syrian targets, with Arab League permission, to protect anti-government fighters and civilians there.

Mathias argued that the extensive bombing campaigns in North Vietnam should be reduced, while Brewster had argued for increasing bombardment.

The amphibious landings were preceded by extensive aerial and naval bombardment and an airborne assault the landing of 24,000 British, US, and Canadian airborne troops shortly after midnight.

Surface abrasion of engineering materials by blown sand bombardment is an extensive near-surface phenomenon in desert areas.

The report compiled by U.N. weapons inspectors and presented to the Security Council by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon provided extensive technical and forensic evidence of bombardment with sarin gas carried by surface-to-surface rockets.

Like the American-led air campaign in Kosovo, the bombardment of Afghanistan has raised extensive debate, some of it within the military, on the humanitarian implications of using unopposed air power.