Sentence examples for war strength from inspiring English sources

Each corps at war strength will number about 70,000 men.

While New York City was troubled by economic collapse and rising crime, encumbered by obsolete studio work practices, and uncomfortable with the studied informality of post-hippie America, Los Angeles crested on California's new fashionability and economic buoyancy based in part on the Cold War strength of the aerospace industry.

The next day, MacArthur requested that the 2nd Division be brought to full war strength, if possible, without delaying its departure.

He also reiterated his need of the units required to bring the four infantry divisions already in the Far East to full war strength.

When the United States declared war against Germany, the regiment was transferred to the regular Army and on 3 May 1917, recruited 1,969 men, considered at that time as war strength.

Nonsense, retorts the National Guard, which has lost only 20% of its cold-war strength and numbers around 370,000.

The town the BEF left behind in August 1914 then became a vast training centre, which doubled in size from its pre-war strength.

However, even with reinforcements air strength was down to about ¼ of pre-war strength.

By most measures, such losses were heavy for such a small service, representing over half its pre-war strength in ships and one-fifth in men.

In addition, the guerrilla war drew strength from the fact that it was based in Buganda, among people already suspicious of Obote.

After the Korean War, army strength dwindled, while most of the defense budget was devoted to the long-range nuclear forces of the navy and the air force.