Sentences with 'stronghold'
Example sentences and phrases with the word stronghold and other words derived from it.
• « The French period of the conflict reached its climax in 1954 when the French were soundly defeated at Dien Bien Phu, a French stronghold that was overwhelmed by the Viet Minh. The French withdrew, leaving Vietnam divided between the communists in the north and a corrupt but anti-communist force in the south supported by the United States. »
• « The British settlement where the Romans made their stronghold was Londinium, a name as obscure as the Thames, which has resisted all attempts to find its origin and meaning. So the Romans used the Latin ending to designate their fortification, which became Londinium. »
• « The battle for the Holy Lands did not end until the Crusaders lost their Mediterranean stronghold at Acre (in present-day Israel) in 1291 and the last of the Christians left the area a few years later. »
• « Since 700, much of Spain had been under Islamic rule, and King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I, arch defenders of the Catholic Church against Islam, were determined to defeat the Muslims at Granada, the last Islamic stronghold in Spain. »