6 sentences with 'fortresses'
Example sentences and phrases with the word fortresses and other words derived from it.
• « 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; »
• « 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. »
• « 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 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. »
• « After World War I, the French built a huge series of bunkers and fortresses along the Franco-German border known as the Maginot Line. »
• « 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. »