Allied fighters, by gaining air superiority over the European battlefield, played a crucial role in the eventual defeat of the Axis, which Reichmarshal Hermann Göring, commander of the German Luftwaffe summed up when he said: " When I saw Mustangs over Berlin, I knew the jig was up.

When unskilled fighters get embroiled in combat, a common reaction is to grab the opponent in an attempt to slow the situation down by holding them still, resulting in an unsystematic struggle that relies on brute force.

When war broke out, the French used their trading connections to recruit fighters from tribes in western portions of the Great Lakes region ( an area not directly subject to the conflict between the French and British ), including the Huron, Mississauga, Ojibwa, Winnebago, and Potawatomi.

When provoked, or for defense, coatis can be fierce fighters ; their strong jaws, sharp canine teeth, and fast scratching paws, along with a tough hide sturdily attached to the underlying muscles, make it very difficult for potential predators ( e. g., dogs or jaguars ) to seize the smaller mammal.

When such a resistance movement uses violence, those favorably disposed to it may also speak of freedom fighters.

When the call came to man the fighters, Butch O ' Hare was eating.

When applied to the jet-powered Mig-15, its maximum speed of outclassed the straight-winged American jets and piston-engined fighters first deployed to Korea.

When the local Filipino soldiers and officers of the 5th, 52nd, 53rd, 55th, 56th and 57th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army was landing the beaches and captured the liberated from the island province of Catanduanes and helping the local guerrilla fighters and American liberating troops and defeated and fought against the Japanese Imperial armed forces during the Battle of Catanduanes and ending World War II.

When Mustangs were jumped by Chinese-piloted MiG-15 jet fighters, however, they were faced with an opponent with a far superior performance.

When the Korean War ended on July 27, 1953, the B-29s had flown over 21, 000 sorties, nearly 167, 000 tons of bombs had been dropped, and 34 B-29s had been lost in combat ( 16 to fighters, four to flak, and fourteen to other causes ).

When Japanese planes attacked, Chennault's doctrine called for pilots to take on enemy aircraft in teams from an altitude advantage, since their aircraft were not as maneuverable or as numerous as the Japanese fighters they would encounter.

When the combined U. S. and Philippine Commonwealth ground forces included with the local guerrilla resistance fighters inside the capturing Japanese Military GHQ's has downed the flag pole raised of the Japanese flag of the Imperial Japanese military through the up the flag pole raised of the American and Philippine flag for the combined U. S. & Philippine Commonwealth military after the fighting the siege commands.

When next seen, he is imprisoned at Nijō Castle, although, according to the shoshidai of Kyōto in a conversation with Koetsu, it is more of a protective custody, since his nation-wide fame from defeating the Yoshioka now makes him the target of possible revenge, challenges from fighters seeking fame and invitations to serve as a samurai.

" ( When accompanied by bombers to provoke enemy fighters, these were known as " Circus " operations ).

When the invasion did come on 10 May 1940, the Germans were not only in possession of more aircraft and weapons than the western Allies ( among them were approximately 400 aircraft from the RAF, including Hawker Hurricane fighters and outclassed Fairey Battle bombers ), but many of them were veterans of the war in Spain and so had brought their comrades up to speed as to how to conduct the air element of the war by " preparing the ground " for the Panzer divisions of the German Army.

When the Korean War ended on 27 July 1953, the B-29s had flown over 21, 000 sorties, nearly 167, 000 tons of bombs had been dropped, and 34 B-29s had been lost in combat ( 16 to fighters, four to flak, and fourteen to other causes ).

When creator Shoji Kawamori designed the transforming " Breast Fighters " ( later redesigned and renamed the " VF-1 Valkyrie " fighters ) instead, he had no real thoughts of a third mode.

When Phoenix breaks into a museum's weapon exhibit to arm himself, he briefly comes face to face with Cocteau, who reminds him of a job he needs to do: kill Edgar Friendly, leader of the " Scrap " resistance fighters who live in the underground ruins of old Los Angeles.

When Sheridan refused, she launched her fighters even though Earth would consider this attack an act of war.

When the Germans marched into the ghetto, they met fierce armed resistance from fighters attacking from open windows in vacated apartments.

When the Romans stormed in to capture the Zealots, they found that the fighters and their families had all committed suicide.

When the player cleared the specified objectives in that encounter ( destroying all fighters in the vicinity, for example ), the game went back into the main map screen, where the player could select a new destination for his craft.

When Frank Warren formed the National Boxing Council in the 1970s, it allowed the toughest underground fighters in Britain to compete legally.

When the Algerian war broke out in 1954, her family home in Tunisia became a central meeting point for resistance fighters allied to the Algerian People ’ s Party including her father and cousins.

When his head came down, Curt grabbed him by the hair and catapulted him head first into the wall.

`` When I came up, damnit, I thought I was going down.

When he came back to the schoolhouse, his mind was made up.

When Beckett's name came into the discussion, the priest grew loud and told me that Beckett `` hates life ''.

When fame came it changed Sandburg only slightly.

When May came the Caravan had already crossed the Equator.

When their levies came shambling into camp, they were all elbows, hair, and beard.

When he came home from his office at the end of the afternoon, Breasted never knew what gathering he should expect to find, but there almost always was one.

When I first came across Samuel Johnson's pronouncement, `` the remedy for the ills of life is palliative rather than radical '', it seemed to me to sum up the profoundest of political and social truths.

When he came to Baltimore, he was leaving a team which was supposed to win the National League pennant, and he was joining what seemed to be a second division American League club.

When the sun came out, Stevie strode proudly into Orange Square, smiling like a landlord on industrious tenants.

When he felt the side of his head, his fingers came away covered with blood.

When his arm came up I ducked away but it caught me on the side of the neck, watering my eyes, and I backed off to cough.

When he was bent over behind the wheel of the station wagon, feeling in his trouser cuffs for the ignition key which he had dropped a moment before, she came out of the house with an enormous Rumanian shawl over her head, which she had bought in that country during one of their trips abroad, and handed him a clean handkerchief through the window.

When they came to Mr. Jack's photograph, twenty by twelve inches in a curly silver frame, Miss Ada said, `` By rights I ought to leave that, seeing he won't take my clotheshorse ''.

When radio came in, it continued the misplaced modifier in its routines as a standard device.

When the therapist came to feel on sufficiently sure ground with him to ask him, `` What is that, Bill -- hello or farewell ''??

When the chance came, they first eliminated cold cereal once a week, then gradually converted to hot fresh-ground cereal every day.

When a second quake came, they dashed back to the beach, fearing that they might be buried under landslides.

When a cow came out of a corral in a crouchin' run she was said to `` come out a-stoopin' ''.

When he came to the movies -- more or less by accident -- they were still cheap entertainment capable of enthralling the unthinking for an idle few minutes.

When he snatched it up the voice that came to him was quick and urgent.

When the verdict came in against his young neighbor, Hengesbach said:

When Dr. W. A. Swim celebrated his 75th birthday at the Wilshire Country Club, guests came by chartered plane from all over the country.

`` When you came up to the majors, did you seek out Williams for advice ''??