history of warfare

collocation in English

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history
noun
uk
/ˈhɪs.tər.i/us
/ˈhɪs.t̬ɚ.i/
(the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, ...
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warfare
noun[U]
uk
/ˈwɔː.feər/us
/ˈwɔːr.fer/
the activity of fighting a war, often including the weapons and methods that ...
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(Definition ofhistoryandwarfarefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is agreeably written and as far as anyhistoryofwarfarecan be, a pleasure to read, with useful maps.
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The superior strength of defensive tactics and forces that has been evident throughout the historyofwarfareis now being strengthened by modern technology.
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That commemoration of the largest single military operation in thehistoryofwarfarewill obviously have very special significance for me personally.
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Thehistoryofwarfareand conflict is littered with examples of people who prepared for the wrong war at the wrong time.
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Thehistoryofwarfareknows many examples of the losers learning from a battle but the victors failing to.
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It brought together people who had ahistoryofwarfare, and who shared no common religion and no common language.
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Thehistoryofwarfareshows that that is often the case.
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That was probably the greatest betrayal in thehistoryofwarfare.
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I ask them to look back into thehistoryofwarfare.
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It was probably the greatest bombardment in thehistoryofwarfare.
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This is a completely new age in thehistoryofwarfareand of humanity.
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I think nothing corresponding to this has ever happened in thehistoryofwarfare.
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We must accept that, in the wholehistoryofwarfare, any nation which has been in a position to starve its enemy out has done so.
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That means that there must be a cease fire before there is an undoubted victor, and that is extremely difficult, as the wholehistoryofwarfareshows.
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Thus began what many considered the most concentrated application of aerial firepower in thehistoryofwarfare.
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This operation up vijji galli, won the largest land mass victory inhistoryofwarfarein a single battle.
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The cavalry charge was the largest in thehistoryofwarfare.
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The 21st did not have to wait long to write a further chapter in thehistoryofwarfare.
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The recovery of his cause from this point counts as one of the most remarkable episodes in thehistoryofwarfare.
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The attack was one of the most single sided battles inhistoryofwarfare.
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