Claw-types set quickly in most seabeds and although not an articulated design, they have the reputation of not breaking out with tide or wind changes, instead slowly turning in the bottom to align with the force.

When the tide turned the water was trapped and it was only allowed to flow out under a mill turning its ' wheel '.

The tide was slowly turning against him, and in favor of Rome.

By late 1943, the tide of the war was turning against the Axis powers, but this only spurred Goebbels to intensify the propaganda by urging the Germans to accept the idea of total war and mobilization.

Another theory is that Musashi timed the hour of his arrival to match the turning of the tide.

After his victory, Musashi immediately jumped back in his boat and his flight from Sasaki's vengeful allies was helped by the turning of the tide.

* 1942 – World War II: Battle of Stalingrad – Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counterattacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.

* 1529 – The Siege of Vienna ends as the Austrians rout the invading Turks, turning the tide against almost a century of unchecked conquest throughout eastern and central Europe by the Ottoman Empire.

The tide then reverses direction and is said to be turning.

Tours was the site of the episcopal activity of St. Martin of Tours and has further Christian connotations in that the pivotal Battle of Tours in 732 is often considered the very first decisive victory over the invading Islamic forces, turning the tide against them.

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* November 19 – WWII: Battle of Stalingrad: Soviet Union forces under General Georgy Zhukov launch the Operation Uranus counter-attacks at Stalingrad, turning the tide of the battle in the USSR's favor.

Later Christian chroniclers and pre-20th century historians praised Charles Martel as the champion of Christianity, characterizing the battle as the decisive turning point in the struggle against Islam, a struggle which preserved Christianity as the religion of Europe ; according to modern military historian Victor Davis Hanson, " most of the 18th and 19th century historians, like Gibbon, saw Poitiers ( Tours ), as a landmark battle that marked the high tide of the Muslim advance into Europe.

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Messengers had already been sent to get help from the allied Éothéod in the north, and in the nick of time their cavalry arrived, turning the tide of the Battle of the Field of Celebrant.

By mid-1943 the tide of war was turning decisively against Germany.

In 591 Maurice launched several campaigns against Slavs and Avars – with good prospect of turning the tide.

During a battle, Odin, again in the guise of an old, one-eyed man, breaks Sigmund ’ s sword, turning the tide of the battle and ultimately leading to his death.

Henry long and faithfully supported his older cousin, Emperor Frederick I ( Barbarossa ), in his attempts to solidify his hold on the Imperial Crown and his repeated wars with the cities of Lombardy and the Popes, several times turning the tide of battle in Frederick's favor with his fierce Saxon knights.

The additional firepower had the potential of turning the tide of the fight, given the Indians ' propensity for withdrawing in the face of new military technology.

Some Japanese viewpoints consider these engagements, and the improving Allied surface capability to challenge their surface ships at night, to be just as significant as the Battle of Midway in turning the tide against them.

Added to the checking action at Freeman's Farm two weeks prior, the dwindling British army was dealt a sound tactical defeat, the combination turning the tide of the campaign to an American advantage.

At first, Congress is very impressed with him, but one Congressman from New York is unimpressed and puts Van Doren in his place, turning the tide against him.

The tide of battle turned and the Emperor launched an offensive along the entire line, while Maréchal Louis-Nicolas Davout drove a relentless offensive, turning the Austrian left, eventually rendering Charles's position untenable.

Not only does the ensuing crisis rank with the Berlin Blockade, the Suez Crisis and the Yom Kippur War as one of the major confrontations of the Cold War, it is generally regarded as the moment in which the Cold War came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict, or possibly World War III, where it is estimated that 100 million Americans and over 100 million Russians would have perished.

Tension also grew across North Wales, where opposition to the 1211 treaty between John and Llywelyn was turning into open conflict.

Though the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem would continue to exist for a period, its defeat at Hattin marked a turning point in its conflict with the Muslims and Arabs.

Mortemer thus marked another turning point in William's growing control of the duchy, although his conflict with the French king and the Count of Anjou continued until 1060.

* Evasiveness, such as turning one's back in a crisis, avoiding conflict, not arguing back, becoming phobic.

These parts are: exposition ( of the situation ); rising action ( through conflict ); climax ( or turning point ); falling action ; and resolution.

For the German writer, a novella is a fictional narrative of indeterminate length — a few pages to hundreds — restricted to a single, suspenseful event, situation, or conflict leading to an unexpected turning point ( Wendepunkt ), provoking a logical but surprising end ; Novellen tend to contain a concrete symbol, which is the narration's steady point.

During the Eighty Years ' War between the Netherlands and Spain, the Capture of Brielle on April 1, 1572, by Protestant rebels, the Watergeuzen, marked a turning point in the conflict, as many towns in Holland then began to support William of Orange against the Spanish Duke Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba who was sent to pacify The Netherlands.

The conflict was a turning point in long-running hostilities between nativists and immigrants in the Mahoning Valley, and in its wake, the Klan's influence gradually subsided.

Opposition to the conflict, how it had been fought, and complications during the aftermath period divided public sentiment in the U. S., resulting in majority public opinion turning against the war for the first time in the spring of 2004, a turn which has held since .< ref >

The ensuing naval Battle of Salamis ended in a decisive victory for the Allies, marking a turning point in the conflict.

The ensuing naval Battle of Salamis ended in a decisive victory for the Allies, marking a turning point in the conflict.

November saw the turning point of the conflict.

Writer Thomas admits he had no " master plan " in writing the " Kree-Skrull War ," other than that the two " rapacious, galaxy-spanning races ... would be at war in the far reaches of space, and that their conflict would be threatening to spill over onto the Earth, turning our planet into the cosmic equivalent of some Pacific island during World War II.

This arguably marked a turning point that led to the end of England's part in the conflict 40 years later.

A significant conflict and turning point in the development of Ba ' athism occurred when Arsuzi's and Aflaq's movements sparred over the issue of the 1941 coup d ' etat by Rashid Ali al-Gaylani and the subsequent Anglo – Iraqi War.

This puts the Hulk in conflict with various members of his rogues ’ gallery, most notably the Abomination, turning weaker and more emaciated for every battle.

Adherents believed that signs indicated a " major energy shift " was about to occur, a turning point in Earth's collective karma and dharma, and that this energy was powerful enough to change the global perspective of man from one of conflict to one of co-operation.

The largest combat mission since the declaration of the end of " major hostilities ", the Battle of Fallujah marked a turning point in public perception of the on-going conflict.

The Master transports the Doctor with him back to the Cheetah Planet for a final conflict but the Doctor resists the pull of the planet, turning away from violence, and is transported away from the dying world.

It also motivated sociologists to investigate and critique Chandler's work more closely, turning up instances in which Chandler assumed American corporations acted for reasons of efficiency, when they actually operated in a context of politics or conflict.

Breaking these instructions is a major turning point in the novel, and also creates some major conflict for Valjean later in the story.

Though the conflict to this day is known as a battle, it was a relatively small engagement whose primary importance was as the turning point that brought General Marmaduke's second Missouri raid to an end.

After going through some cassette tapes with the help from Sufiya, he realizes that Mission Kashmir has nothing to do with taking down the Prime Minister at all: instead, the true goal of Mission Kashmir is to launch missiles on the local Muslim mosque and the local Hindu temple to escalate Hindu-Muslim conflict across the subcontinent, thereby dividing Kashmir and turning it into a war zone.