7 sentences with 'tanks'
Example sentences and phrases with the word tanks and other words derived from it.
• « In March 1938, Germany annexed Austria, an event known as the Anschluss. Although the German pseudo-invasion was poorly organised, most Austrians welcomed German tanks entering Austrian cities, and there was virtually no resistance. »
• « Military technology advanced rapidly between the world wars, equipping each of the major nations with fast-moving, heavily armoured tanks and heavy bombers supported by fighter aircraft. It would be possible to strike much faster and with much greater force than if the ragged charging lines of the soldiers who had "overshot the mark" twenty years earlier had been used. »
• « The Germans proved far more effective than the French or British in the use of tanks and artillery, and immediately began to push back the French and British forces. »
• « Starting cautiously in 1988, he also announced to Eastern European governments that they would be allowed to "go their own way" without Soviet interference. Never again would columns of tanks respond to protests against communism. »
• « On the upper chassis there are four water tanks that are emptied or filled to help the tourist submarine go up or down. Among these tanks is the control tank which is emptied as the passengers' embarkation requires it, to compensate for their weights. »
• « By means of a revolutionary propulsion system, installed on oxygen tanks and powered by a battery, they will be able to move a person weighing 70 kilograms at a speed of between 3 and 5 kilometres per hour, depending on the diver's needs. »