naval bombardment
Fleet attacks shore
Naval bombardment is the shelling of land targets from warships at sea.
Before amphibious landings, naval forces bombard coastal defenses to soften enemy positions: The invasion began with a naval bombardment at dawn.
The practice dates to the age of sail but reached its peak with battleship-era naval warfare.
- battleshipArmored naval capital vessel
- big gunsInfluential, powerful people
- USS MissouriFamous American battleship
- destroyerOne that ruins completely
- cruiserVehicle for extended patrol
warship · amphibious assault · barrage · precision targeting · shell · collateral damage · Gallipoli campaign · submarine · blockade · civilian casualties · volley · softening up · cannon · Gold Beach · Juno Beach · fire support · heavy shelling · Spanish Armada
- Navyadmiral, battleship, destroyer, aircraft carrier, cruiser
- D-DayD-Day, Normandy, Omaha Beach, Utah Beach, Gold Beach
- naval historybattleships, admiral, battleship, navies, admirals
- naval warfarebattleship, destroyer, sea battles, warship, cruiser
- war violencemassacre, bombing, shelling, combat, battle
- airstrikesairstrike, air strike, air raid, bombing run, bombing raid
naval bombardmentair strike
Aerial military assault
aerial bombardment · ground assault · strategic bombing · carpet bombing · drone strike
naval bombardmentcoastal defense
Safeguarding land from sea-based threats
naval defense · search and rescue · naval blockade · naval escort · mine sweeping