Sentence examples for military difficulty from inspiring English sources

It is merely an area of extreme military difficulty, a reason why "search and destroy" doesn't find much to destroy.

The Versaillais then invaded Paris and, with minimal military difficulty, though at maximal human cost, reconquered the city.

In both instances he felt obliged to rescue his ally Mussolini from military difficulties.

In 1916 Salandra was forced to resign as a result of Italy's growing military difficulties.

Faced with overwhelming financial and military difficulties, he was for a time the virtual prisoner of his mutinous unpaid soldiery.

Many military difficulties are associated with the group of West African states, known as Ecowas, which has been among the most consistent in advocating a military resolution.

The military difficulties were underlined when further details emerged of the death of British photographer Tim Hetherington, who was killed on Wednesday in a mortar attack along with a colleague, Chris Hondras.

The American military's difficulty in securing Iraq has led to much soul-searching within the armed forces on how to prepare for future conflicts.

But the military experienced great difficulty in obtaining reliable battle damage assessment about attacks against Iraqi ground forces.

Iraq's ambassador to Britain Faik Nerweyi made similar comments about the militant group last year, telling a meeting in Parliament that foreign military would have difficulty beating the because they were "integrated" into the local population and not "an army somewhere aloof".

Modern disagreement centres on the reasons why Sparta did not play a role: one line of explanation is purely military, invoking the difficulty of invading Attica while the mountains above Megara were policed by Athens; the other and more plausible view is that Sparta simply lacked the will to act consistently.