landing force

noun

, Military.

1. the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of landing force¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

The landing force consisted of four hundred British marines, and about fifteen hundred provincials, divided into four battalions.

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Everything was under splendid control where a landing-force occupied the grid and all the ground immediately about it.

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Washington had been misinformed as to the size of the landing force and had stationed only nine thousand men on Long Island.

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Everything was under splendid control where a landing force occupied the grid and all the ground immediately about it.

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The landing force formed into three parties, two of which attacked the flanks, and the third the centre.

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