Sentences with phrase «war against an army»

The game shares the same universe of the original game, presenting a dystopian future in which three androids wage war against an army of machines that have taken over the world.

Not exact matches

Both generals would earn historical prestige leading their respective armies against each other during the American Civil War, but they weren't always enemies.

Just 20 years after WWII, the West German army proposed a plan to use chemical weapons against the Soviet Union and its allies in the event of war.

In December 1979, in the midst of the Cold War, the Soviet 40th Army invaded Afghanistan in order to prop up the communist government of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) against a growing insurgency.

(Can't expect decent people to fight next to coloreds, can't trust colored men in a battle, don't use the army for liberal politics, the soldiers are against it, the civilians don't know what they're doing, there's a war on and this isn't the right time, etc.) It was wrong then and it is wrong now.

An instance of Richelieu's nice distinction between the secular and ecclesiastical is that, at the same time he was gathering armies to wage war against the pope, he wrote the pope humbly asking for a dispensation from reading his daily office because of the pressing duties of military command.

During the Algerian war, France's left - wing intellectuals constantly protested against the brutality of the French army and its use of torture, but pronounced legitimate the torturings and massacres committed by the National Liberation Front.

One of their documents contains elaborate directions for the organization of an army to fight against the «Sons of Darkness,» It moves largely in the realms of fantasy, but there is no reason to doubt that these sectaries did look forward to a final war of liberation ending with the triumph of the Jewish people over all their enemies.

In the event of war we must be prepared to face an army of millions of well equipped soldiers who will be convinced (from our standpoint, wrongly) of the righteousness of their cause and who will be prepared to give everything in the battle against the «criminals» (they mean us).

Though an army encamp against me, my heart shall not fear; though war rise up against me, yet will I be confident.

Therefore, after he had done all he could to deceive the followers whose religious beliefs were weak, he started a war against Ali with a large army made up of people from Syria.

Antagonism against the USA is further perpetrated by the leadership of the USA in Gulf War, military involvement in Somalia [both Muslim nations], and, as mentioned above, the continued economic blockade against Iraq and support and supply of weapons to the Israeli army (which has been used predominantly against the «intifada» [uprising] of the Palestinian youth beginning in 1987).

All pretense to the concept of armed citizenry as a defense against a standing army was obliterated by the Union Army during the civil army was obliterated by the Union Army during the civil Army during the civil war.

The courage of U.S. Army Chief of Staff George C. Marshall, for example: Marshall insisted for two years that the only way to defeat Hitler and his war machine was to land a large force in France, beat the German army, and wrest control of the continent of Europe from the Nazi regime — a point Marshall had to carry against the virtually unanimous opposition of his British counterparts, who, like Winston Churchill, preferred a «periphery» strategy that would peck away at the Third Reich before a quick, end - game invasion administered the coup de grace to a collapsing German empArmy Chief of Staff George C. Marshall, for example: Marshall insisted for two years that the only way to defeat Hitler and his war machine was to land a large force in France, beat the German army, and wrest control of the continent of Europe from the Nazi regime — a point Marshall had to carry against the virtually unanimous opposition of his British counterparts, who, like Winston Churchill, preferred a «periphery» strategy that would peck away at the Third Reich before a quick, end - game invasion administered the coup de grace to a collapsing German emparmy, and wrest control of the continent of Europe from the Nazi regime — a point Marshall had to carry against the virtually unanimous opposition of his British counterparts, who, like Winston Churchill, preferred a «periphery» strategy that would peck away at the Third Reich before a quick, end - game invasion administered the coup de grace to a collapsing German empire.

And we can be sure the king was looking for more money, because he had probably lost a lot of money is his disastrous war campaign against the Greeks in which he lost almost his whole army.

His reputation was severely damaged by the Peasants» War itself, and by the defeat of the rebel armies, Erasmus's book against Luther had finally polarised almost all opinion either pro or contra Luther, and Luther's reply to it would confirm this.

When the descendants of Adam warred against one another, armies burned the cities of their enemies to the ground.

Along with Tennessee coach Robert Neyland, Wade was assigned to coach an Army all - star team against NFL teams to raise money for the war effort.

Ok, so we have billions of pounds of synthetic chemicals consumed every year as patented drugs, with an army of degreed, licensed and doctored foot soldiers prescribing them recklessly under the once great banner of «medicine,» in an ongoing war against the body's virtually infinite potential to generate symptoms, most of which are — ironically — a means to heal from acute or chronic exposure to synthetic chemicals.

Army commander Constantino Chiwenga said on Monday, November 13, that the military would act if purges against former war liberation fighters did not cease.

The public may recall that we issued a statement last night in which we announced that some of the girls at Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi who went missing after Boko Haram terrorists had stormed their school last Monday were rescued by officers and men of the Nigerian Army who are currently executing the war against the Boko Haram Insurgents.

Rather than conduct a rigorous enquiry into how a military officer whose entire career had been in the army, could afford those purchases, the Minister of Defense in a statement published in Vanguard Newspapers on June 27, 2016 dismissed the issue as «the allegations was part (sic) of attempts by unpatriotic elements to distract the leadership of the armed forces from the successes of the war against terrorism...».

What Clark actually said in reference to «a» Resolution on 10/09/02: http://premium1.fosters.com/2002/election%5F2002/oct/09/us%5F2cong%5F1009a.asp «Retired U.S. Army Gen. Wesley Clark said Wednesday he supports A congressional resolution that would give President Bush authority to use military force against Iraq, although he has reservations about the country's move toward war.

«The Nigerian Army wishes to reiterate its total commitment and determination to the war against the Boko Haram terrorists.

The Head of Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred Oyo - Ita, who was the special guest at the occasion, commended the army for the successes it had achieved so far in the war against insurgency.

The Nigerian Army said Sunday that its troops prosecuting the war against Boko Haram terrorists» killed seven terrorists in an ambush in the early hours while several of them escaped with gunshot injuries.

Chief of Army staff, Lt. General Tukur Buratai has waved aside reports that about 105 soldiers prosecuting the war against book haram terrorists met their untimely death when they failed to return after an offensive to annihilate...

On the war against insurgency, the Army Chief insisted that Boko Haram has been defeated and advised people not to doubt the claim.

US supplies Nigeria Army $ 593m fighter Jets The United State of America Congress has been notified that the sales of warplanes and weapons worth $ 593m to Nigeria is to help win the war against insurgency currecntly ravaging the nation.

The group in its first quarter report released in Abuja on the ongoing war against insurgency in Nigeria noted that after undertaking review of the ongoing war on terrorism by the Nigerian military, it observed that UNICEF and other international organizations have been frustrating the efforts of the army through series of blackmails.

During the 1990s, and into this decade, rebel armies in parts of Africa exploited alluvial diamond fields to finance wars against legitimate governments.

Picture a worldly army restocking supplies for the war against eating disorders.

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Depending on which of the three factions you choose to fight for, it's all - out destructive war as you battle for control of the entire planet against fearless aliens, an army of high - tech super soldiers and a rag tag crew of human survivors.

Bale's character is a U.S. Army captain who has seen much slaughter, and has done a vengeful lion's share of killing himself, in the wars against the Native American tribes.

The film project, based on the book The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking by Brendan I. Koerner, is about an Army veteran named Roger Holder and girlfriend Cathy Kerkow hijacking a Western Airlines Flight in a protest against the war in Vietnam.

Darkest Hour centers around Winston Churchill as he leads a charge against Hitler's army in the early days of World War II.

Boorman's sequel Queen and Country opens in 1951 and we again meet Bill, now aged 18, as he is conscripted into the British Army against the backdrop of the Korean war.

Featuring Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena and Jon Bernthal, the story that follows a five - man tank crew as they lock in battle against a desperate German army in the waning days of the war in April 1945.

War for the Planet of the Apes MPAA Rating: Pending In this third outing of the re-booted Planet of the Ape's franchise, Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his band of apes battle against a humans army led by Colonel (Woody Harrelson) in a genocidal wWar for the Planet of the Apes MPAA Rating: Pending In this third outing of the re-booted Planet of the Ape's franchise, Caesar (Andy Serkis) and his band of apes battle against a humans army led by Colonel (Woody Harrelson) in a genocidal warwar.

The actual beginnings of Captain America — how a scrawny kid from Brooklyn with dreams of joining the Army to fight back against the bullies of World War II becomes an unstoppable force for truth, justice, and the American way (Or is that motto restricted to someone else?)

Winston Churchill leads a charge against Adolf Hitler's army in the early days of World War II.

Garfield, who received a nod for his performance as a US army medic in Mel Gibson's war drama, will go up against Gosling and Casey Affleck, nominated for Manchester By The Sea, as well as Denzel Washington, who is recommended for Fences, and Viggo Mortensen, proposed for Captain Fantastic.

It's too late to fix the Free State of Jones, director - writer Gary Ross» well - meaning historical drama about the curious case of Newton Knight, an army deserter who inspired a mixed race coalition of Mississippi farmers and runaway slaves to revolt against the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Starring Matthew McConaughey «s sneer, «Free State of Jones» tells the true story of Newton Knight, a man who deserted the Confederate Army during the Civil War and created his own militia of other deserters and freed slaves who fought back against the Rebs and their predations on poor local land owners.

The evil scientist Professor Gangreen (John Astin) has created a way to transform tomatoes into human form in order to build an army of shirtless muscle men that will wage war against mankind.

As the Civil War rages on, a poor Mississippi farmer leads a group of rebels against the Confederate army.

It stars Andrew Garfield in the true story of a US Army medic who saved dozens of men in the battle against the Japanese for Okinawa in the Second World War.

The follow - up begins two years into the all - out war between humans and apes that was teased at the end of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and finds Caesar (Andy Serkis) on something of a revenge mission against The Colonel (Woody Harrelson), who has amassed a human army at a compound deep in the snow.

His upcoming film Darkest Hour, to be released by Focus Features in November 2017, stars Gary Oldman as Winston Churchill leading the charge against Adolf Hitler's army in the early days of World War II.