- In
military tactics, a
strongpoint is a key
point in a
defensive fighting position which anchors the
overall defense line. This may
include redoubts,...
-
dispatch of one
military unit, be it an aircraft, ship, or troops, from a
strongpoint. The term
originated in
siege warfare. In
siege warfare, the word sortie...
-
cleared the
heavily fortified strongpoint at the
casino at Riva Bella, with the aid of one of the DD tanks. The 'Morris'
strongpoint near Colleville-sur-Orne...
- than a real fortress, they
acted as a
border guard rather than a real
strongpoint to
watch and
maintain the border. The art of
setting out a
military camp...
-
tactic in
which a
defending force creates multiple mutually supporting strongpoints ("hedgehogs") in a
defence in depth,
designed to sap the
strength and...
- ****stani stadium." "These APCs were
headed back
about 800
meters to a
strongpoint where reserve element has sta****
behind with the tanks, and the plan...
- multi-pronged
counterinsurgency campaign; a
network of nets, blockhouses,
strongpoints and
barbed wire
fences was constructed,
virtually partitioning the occupied...
-
major workshops and was
designated by the
German military as a
defensive strongpoint, with
which to
hinder the
Soviet advance.
Being the
capital of the German...
-
Ghent and
Bruges recaptured. But
despite losses like
Lille and
other strongpoints, the
French would prevent the
Allies from
making a
decisive breach in...
- such as Krak des Chevaliers, was to
remove the
reliance on a
central strongpoint and to
emphasise the
defence of the
curtain walls.
There would be multiple...
