Sentence examples for force surrender from inspiring English sources

Bombing did not force surrender, and in the end it was kept on in 1941 to trick the Soviets into thinking that Britain was still Hitler's priority.

The Japanese military was steadfastly refusing to give up, so the peace faction seized upon the bombing as a new argument to force surrender.

Although Russia and Syria both say they are open to allowing supplies into besieged areas under the right conditions, they have repeatedly used sieges to force surrender of rebel-held areas.

Rather than death for the evils in the world, Seeger sought to use music and community to force surrender.

So-called local reconciliation agreements are often seen as a means for the government to force surrender on insurgents, and have typically followed lengthy blockades of rebel-held areas and the civilians living there.

Much of her work documented abductions and intimidation of relatives of insurgents, a tactic used to force surrenders.

Nine Thai soldiers belonging to an antidrug task force surrendered in late October after the Thai police issued arrest warrants, according to reports in the Thai news media.

They fought for about 40 minutes before Sherburne, believing he was being attacked by a much larger force, surrendered.

The German force surrendered, but in doing so one of their number threw a grenade at the New Zealanders, wounding two men.

The 5th Light Horse regimental commander was informed at 11 40 by 2nd Light Horse Brigade headquarters that, unless the Ottoman force surrendered, they would be bombed at 15:00.

This forced surrender of control is a major preoccupation of Hopelessness.