What is "beachheads"

Usage examples of "beachheads".

Suddenly it all made sense, this mad rush to throw beachheads and encirclement forces at the Human worlds.

Five more beachheads, before their first three target worlds had even been pacified?

The fourth and fifth Zhirrzh beachheads were now established on Human-Conqueror worlds, with encirclement forces on guard overhead.

Warrior Command was preparing expeditionary forces against more of the Human worlds, forces that were supposedly going to be launched before the current beachheads were anything but minimally secured.

CIRCE against us implies that our beachheads have indeed trapped one or more of its components out of their reach.

There was a war for survival under way, with Zhirrzh beachheads under constant threat and an assault fleet poised for a make-or-break attack on the Human-Conqueror surveillance installations on Phormbi.

The eight beachheads they held in Human-Conqueror territory were still holding firm under enemy pressure, though three of them just barely.