Sentence examples for a offensive against from inspiring English sources

During that time, did you see Jews going around blowing up German buses full of children, like Hamas?" I reply that it's possible Jews didn't engage in Hamas-esque tactics during World War II as their main focus was probably concealment and survival, not waging a offensive against the Nazi war machine.

The president was more interested in offense -- an offensive against drugs, that is.

In late September, the Taliban launched an offensive against Kunduz, a provincial capital in northern Afghanistan, capturing key buildings.

Still, in the short term, a radical shift is unlikely, and an offensive against Iraq would therefore be dangerous.

A similar statement earlier this hear heralded an offensive against IS which expelled the group from Idlib and Aleppo provinces. .

On 8 July, Israel launched Operation Protective Edge, an offensive against Hamas in Gaza, after a surge in rocket fire.

In 543, the Romans launched an offensive against Dvin but were defeated by a small Persian force at Anglon.

On 12 May 1942, Soviet forces under the command of Marshal Semyon Timoshenko launched an offensive against the German 6th Army from a salient established during the winter counter-offensive.

With the Syrian and Russian governments pressing an offensive against rebel-held parts of Aleppo, no one predicted a breakthrough.

A pause of three weeks occurred before the 8th Army could mount an offensive against the Germans' new position.

Talabani launched an offensive against Saddam's forces, but it also failed.