Word: counterattacks
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...thwart this plan, the Wehrmacht dipped into its reserves, last week mounted a counterattack. German infantry, tanks, bombers struck at Narva, on the Baltic Sea; at Lwów, in old Poland; in the Carpathian foothills. But the Red Army, trained well in digging in, held its gains...
Said the citation: "His bold, aggressive actions, . . . were largely responsible for repulsing a German counterattack which, if successful, would have isolated his battalion and destroyed his company...
...German Army's weakness which causes the German retreat in the East. Already today the German troops would be able to fight the Russians successfully. Other common European tasks have necessitated German retreat. But one day a counterattack will come...
...monumental burdens, touchy over the country's stubborn criticism of his half-hearted domestic policies as distinguished from his full-hearted prosecution of the war. He was told that Conservative and Labor Party leaders could guarantee an overwhelming vote of confidence. On this assurance he chose to counterattack, teach them a lesson. He would pull the bit hard on restive House of Commons...
...well-known to newsmen-and to the enemy. On the night before the blunder 220 planes took off from North Africa. Faulty navigation and general inexperience dropped all except one battalion of the parachutists in the wrong spots. But that battalion captured its objective and held it against counterattack. On that mission eight planes were lost (none to friendly antiaircraft fire...