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A sheltered area that you shoot from -- imagine being in a box with a rifle. You cannot be seen or targeted, but you can shoot out of the pillbox.
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What was the German fortification?
mostly bunkers, pillboxes and trenchs
What were pillboxes used for in World War 2?
Pillboxes in one form or another were used by virtually everyone during World War II. The Japanese made extensive use of them as protection against invading forces on the various Pacific Islands.
What did the Japanese have as defenses in Iwo Jima?
They had miles of tunnels and numerous hard points and pillboxes with interlocking machine gun fire.
Was d-day chaotic?
It was extremely chaotic. Bombs and guns were going off on land, sea and air. Chaos and confusion reined until around noon, when the Navy shelled the German pillboxes on Omaha beach and US Army soldiers took the high ground.
What does the word pillbox mean?
you put pills in it. Traditionally these boxes were shallow and round. Because of the shape, they gave their name to pillbox hats (little brimless hats like usherettes used to wear) or military pillboxes which are concrete emplacements, round, flat-topped, with a small window in one side.
A good attack is half the battle?
sometimes like in world war 2 on Omaha beach the U.S stormed the beach while the Germans were in the pillboxes the Americans won that battle but suffered many of deaths because of the motors and machine gun's when u are on a hill or something and the other side is down there that's a advangate also its more about strategy.
What are some nine letter words with 2nd letter I and 4th letter L and 7th letter X?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern -I-L--X--. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter I and 4th letter L and 7th letter X. In alphabetical order, they are: pillboxes
What were the coastal defenses at the time of d-day?
Under Rommel's orders the Germans had substantially increased the defences. All the beaches, particularly Omaha, had strong concrete gun emplacements with 88's and many older naval guns. Machine gun pillboxes were all over the beaches as well. Some beaches had mines and many had large steel crosses to stop ships landing.
What are some nine letter words with 1st letter P and 3rd letter L and 7th letter X?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 2 words with the pattern P-L---X--. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter P and 3rd letter L and 7th letter X. In alphabetical order, they are: pillboxes polymyxin
What are some nine letter words with 2nd letter I and 4th letter L and 5th letter B?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 6 words with the pattern -I-LB----. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter I and 4th letter L and 5th letter B. In alphabetical order, they are: billboard billbooks hillbilly kielbasas millboard pillboxes
Was there pill boxes in the Civil War?
No pillboxes, but the soldiers on both sides learned early in the war to dig a hole, find a ditch or stone fence to hide behind. Elaborate trench systems dug at Vicksburg, Mississippi and Petersburg, Virginia were forerunners of WW1 trench systems. The soldiers also had a sort of pillbox called a 'bombproof' but these were generally built when an army was under siege. These were basically holes in the ground with room for a few men. Logs and earth were put on top for overhead cover.
How did the US attack the Pacific?
the US used a tactic called "island-hopping". For strategic island targets, aerial and naval bombardment destroyed anything on land. Then troops would invade the island, eventually securing the island from any Japanese pillboxes. If an island was considered of no strategic importance, then a full naval and aerial bombardment would be carried out, until there as nothing much left of the island and then they could move on. That tactic was used all the way to Iwo Jima. From then on, it would be nuclear bomb explosions, or a full-fledged invasion of Japan, that would end the war.
