Sentence examples for before a final offensive from inspiring English sources

The Armistice was declared (November 11) before a final offensive against Germany itself could begin.

The town changed hands several times before a final offensive in November last year, in which Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Shia militiamen took control.

They said the Taliban needed the militants in Pakistan's tribal region to focus more on helping to launch a final offensive in Afghanistan, in hopes of gaining leverage before any peace talks and the ultimate withdrawal of most American forces from Afghanistan by 2014.

They demanded a final offensive to eradicate Abu Sayyaf.But such demands have been heard many times.

The army launched a final offensive in mid-May and succeeded in overrunning and occupying the rebels' last stronghold.

On Thursday morning, troops backed by jets and helicopters began what military officials promised would be a final offensive.

After various peace initiatives and ceasefires failed, the government launched a final offensive in 2009 and defeated the Tigers.

In 1679 Ayuthaya mounted a final offensive to quash the Singora rebellion.

In May, the FAN started a final offensive, passing unhindered by the peacekeepers in Ati and Mongo.

The waterfront fight and the reverberating sounds of shooting elsewhere made it clear that the rebel assault on Tripoli the day before was more like a Sunday drive than a punishing final offensive, even as the rebels were celebrating and world leaders were calling on Colonel Qaddafi to surrender.

In 2008 Rajapaksa prepared to launch a brutal final offensive against the Tigers.