Sentence examples for invasion from inspiring English sources

He was one of the most gentle and unflappable politicians I have ever known, yet he was immensely courageous, too, not least when he spoke for the country against the invasion of Iraq".

But she said the media – traditional and social – had misrepresented her son, whom she characterises as a "gentle giant", despite his conviction in 2014 for a home invasion.

He said hundreds of young men like him, who were drawn to a Sunni jihad after the US invasion, do not believe that the latest manifestation of the decade-long war remains true to its origins.

His biggest strategic miscalculation was not to use the leverage he had over George Bush as the only substantial western ally to join the 2003 invasion – the "coalition of the willing" – to extract a better plan for the occupation of Saddam Hussein's ill-governed state once the fighting was over (even sooner than expected).

Jack Lieb captured the invasion on silent film for News of the Day and later narrated over the film for the archives.

The video player below is timed to start with the invasion footage.

June 12 , 1944This triumphal reel includes many of the iconic scenes of the invasion, including soldiers preparing to step out of Higgins boats and the scene of two soldiers being shot on the beach.

February 2003: As the invasion of Iraq by coalition forces looms, President Khatami acknowledges the existence of the Natanz facility.

In 1494 the political machinations of Ludovico Sforza played a part in causing a French invasion of Italy that turned priorities upside down.

Kennedy bravely opposed the invasion of Iraq as well as his party's coalition with the Tories.

Autonomy is vitiated by the wholesale invasion of secrecy and privacy.