A strong position secured by an army inside enemy territory from which to advance or attack.
moving south-west out of the bridgehead, Rommel's troops came upon two battalions of B1 tanks
figurative polls suggest the party could establish a strong bridgehead in the constituency
Example sentencesExamples
- American troops in the bridgehead became panic stricken.
- By the end of January he had secured his bridgehead in Tunisia and had given Rommel a safe enclave to move into.
- The force in the bridgehead disintegrated, the Germans remaining in possession of St. Germain.
- Soviet authorities have argued they might have taken Berlin immediately after they established bridgeheads across the Oder.
- The Third US Army seized a bridgehead at Oppenheim.