7 sentences with 'fortresses'

Example sentences and phrases with the word fortresses and other words derived from it.

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« The Romans used rectangular fortresses made of wood and stone. »

fortresses: The Romans used rectangular fortresses made of wood and stone.
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« After World War I, the French built a huge series of bunkers and fortresses along the Franco-German border known as the Maginot Line. »
« Alexander the Great's forces managed to conquer Persian territory bit by bit, seizing major fortresses and cities, seizing supplies and fighting off Persian counter-attacks; »
« As European powers expanded, they built modern-style fortresses and defended them with cannons, muskets and warships that often outmatched the military forces and technology they encountered. »
« The result of the artillery revolution was that fortresses and walls had to be redesigned and rebuilt literally from scratch, an enormously costly task that forced monarchs and nobles to seek new sources of income. »
« The Chinese navy and imperial fortresses were almost defenceless against gunboats with cannons, and steamships were able to penetrate Chinese rivers and the Chinese Grand Canal, often towing sailing ships with full gun batteries behind them. »
« The Maginot Line (bunkers and fortresses on the Franco-German border), meanwhile, remained unused, with the German invasion simply bypassing it completely with the invasion of Belgium. German forces invaded France through southern Belgium, bypassing the "strong fortifications" of the Maginot Line. »

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