During the offensive Military_operation the Syrian military was joined Becoming_a_member by Hezbollah , Iraqi Shi'ite militia and Iranian military advisers .

The objectives of the offensive Military_operation have been stated Statement to be the taking over Military_operation of all strategic observatories , government villages and the Mediterranean coast .

After almost two months of fighting Hostile_encounter , the offensive Military_operation stalled Hindering and eventually petered out , with rebels losing Earnings_and_losses most of their early gains .

The offensive Military_operation , and in particular the degree of Turkish involvement Participation in it , has been widely attributed Judgment_communication with the deportation Removing of the native ethnic Armenians of the town of Kessab , who make up 70 % of its population , and has been compared Check with the past Turkish killings Killing of Armenians during the Hamidian massacres Killing and Armenian Genocide .

The 2014 Latakia offensive Military_operation was a rebel offensive Military_operation in the Latakia Governorate of Syria launched Process_start on 21 March 2014 by rebel Islamist groups including Al-Nusra Front , which called Name_conferral the offensive `` Anfal '' , while a coalition of Supreme Military Council rebel groups called Name_conferral the offensive Military_operation `` The Martyrs Mothers '' .

after a successful offensive Attack by the french resistance group `` unk '' on 7 and 8 june 1944 , the arrival Arriving of `` das reich '' troops forced the maquis to flee Escaping the city of tulle ( department of UNK ) in south-central france .

Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery was appointed Choosing and led the Eighth Army offensive .

The village was lost Earnings_and_losses on 25 March 1918 , during the German spring offensive ( Operation Michael ) and was recaptured Conquering for the last time on 25 August , by the British 21st Division .

Operation Jackal ( , Операција Чагаљ ) , also known as Operation June Dawns ( Operacija Lipanjske zore , Операција Липањске зоре ) , was an offensive of the Bosnian War fought Hostile_encounter between a combined Croatian Army ( HV ) and Croatian Defence Council ( HVO ) army against the Army of Republika Srpska ( VRS ) from 7–26 June 1992 .

The offensive was a Croatian pre-emptive strike against the VRS , a Bosnian Serb military formed Coming_to_be in May 1992 from Yugoslav People 's Army ( JNA ) units that were stationed Placing in Bosnia and Herzegovina .

The HV concluded Process_end that the JNA offensive operations of April and May 1992 , resulting in the capture of Kupres and much of the Neretva River valley south of Mostar , were aimed Aiming at capturing or threatening the Croatian Port of Ploče and possibly Split .

The offensive marked Recording the first significant Bosnian Serb defeat in the war and placed Placing the HV in a favourable position to push back the VRS and remnants of the JNA holding positions north and east of Dubrovnik .

Operation Michael was a major German military offensive during the First World War that began Process_start the Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918 .

two days later general erich ludendorff , the chief of the german general staff , adjusted Change his plan and pushed Motion for an offensive due west , along the whole of the british front north of the river somme .

The offensive ended Process_end at Villers-Bretonneux , to the east of the Allied communications centre at Amiens , where the Allies managed Hold to halt Preventing_or_letting the German advance ; the German Army had suffered Bodily_harm many casualties and was unable to maintain supplies to the advancing troops .

The failure of the offensive marked Recording the beginning of the end of the First World War for Germany .

Operation Military_operation Vrbas '92 ( ) was a military offensive undertaken by the Army of Republika Srpska ( `` Vojska Republike Srpske '' – VRS ) in June–October 1992 , during the Bosnian War .

The intensity of fighting Hostile_encounter varied Change considerably and involved Cause_to_be_included several major VRS offensive efforts interspersed by relative lulls in fighting Hostile_encounter .

The Second Battle Hostile_encounter of Amman was fought Hostile_encounter on 25 September 1918 during the Third Transjordan attack Attack as part of the Battle of Nablus which together with the main Battle of Sharon form the major set Placing piece offensive known as the Battle Hostile_encounter of Megiddo of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in World War I .

The Italian Army was in all-out retreat Escaping after the Austrian autumn offensive of 1917 .

When the Austrian offensive routed the Italians , the new Italian chief of staff , Armando Diaz , ordered Arranging the Fourth Army to stop Process_end their retreat Escaping and defend Defending these positions between the Roncone and the Tomatico mountains , with the support Supporting of the Second Army .

case white ( ) , also known as the fourth enemy offensive ( ) was a combined axis strategic offensive launched Process_start against the yugoslav partisans throughout occupied Control yugoslavia during world war ii .

case white ( ) , also known as the fourth enemy offensive ( ) was a combined axis strategic offensive launched Process_start against the yugoslav partisans throughout occupied Control yugoslavia during world war ii .

The offensive took place Process_start in early 1943 , between 20 January and mid-to-late March .

Operation Military_operation `` Strike of the Sword or Operation `` Khanjar was a US-led offensive in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan .

This operation Military_operation was the largest Marine offensive since the Battle Hostile_encounter of Fallujah in 2004 .

Operation Trident was an offensive operation Military_operation launched by the Indian Navy on Pakistan 's port city of Karachi during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 .

By January 1943 , Soviet forces were planning Arranging or conducting offensive operations across the entire German-Soviet front , especially in southern Russia ; Iskra formed Coming_to_be the northern part of the wider Soviet 1942–1943 winter counter-offensive .

Soviet forces made Manufacturing several other attempts in 1943 to renew Recovering their offensive and to lift the siege completely , but made only modest gains in each one .

operation Military_operation unk ( ) was a military offensive undertaken Action by the croatian army ( `` hrvatska vojska '' UNK hv ) against the yugoslav people 's army ( `` unk narodna armija '' UNK jna ) and sao western slavonia territorial defense Defending forces in the sava river valley , in the region of western slavonia during the croatian war of independence .

The offensive was aimed Aiming at recapturing the region , in conjunction with two other HV offensives launched Motion against SAO Western Slavonia in the north of the region within days .

Even though the offensive captured Conquering a portion of the targeted area , including the town of Lipik as the first of the larger settlements captured Conquering by the HV during the war , the mission objectives were not met Come_together before the ceasefire took effect Change .

The halting of Operation Hurricane-91 due to the ceasefire Process_end of 3 January 1992 led to Causation opposing Agree_or_refuse_to_act assessments Testing on the possible outcomes of the offensive had there been no ceasefire .

Assessments range from claims Statement that the JNA was on the brink of defeat in the area , to estimates Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale that the HV was too exhausted and its ammunition stocks Preserving too low to permit Preventing_or_letting a successful conclusion of the offensive .

After the ceasefire Process_end , violence Violence in Belfast and fighting Hostile_encounter in border areas of Northern Ireland continued , and the IRA launched a failed Northern offensive in May 1922 .

Starting Process_start from Emperor Wu 's reign ( r. 141–87 BC ) , the Han empire changed Change from a relatively passive foreign policy to an offensive strategy to deal Resolve_problem with the increasing Xiongnu incursions on the northern frontier and also according to general imperial policy to expand Expansion the domain .

This event started Process_start with ISIL attacking and capturing Sinjar and neighboring towns on 3 August , during ISIL 's offensive in early August 2014 .

On 17 December 2014 , the Kurdish Peshmerga , PKK and YPG forces started Process_start the December 2014 Sinjar offensive with the support of US airstrikes .

This offensive broke Destroying ISIL 's troop transport routes and supply lines between Mosul and Raqqa , the largest ISIL-controlled cities in Iraq and Syria at the time .

In November , the Soviets attacked Attack Finland in the Winter War , resulting in much debate in France and Britain about an offensive to help Finland , but the forces finally assembled Come_together for this campaign were delayed Change_event_time until it ended Process_end in March .

The Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive Attack during World War Hostile_encounter I was initially conceived Creating as a minor German offensive Attack to relieve Cure Russian pressure Influence on the Austro-Hungarians to their south on the Eastern Front , but resulted in Causation the Central Powers ' chief offensive Attack effort of 1915 , causing Causation the total collapse Destroying of the Russian lines and their retreat Escaping far into Russia .

The Gorlice–Tarnów Offensive Attack during World War Hostile_encounter I was initially conceived Creating as a minor German offensive Attack to relieve Cure Russian pressure Influence on the Austro-Hungarians to their south on the Eastern Front , but resulted in Causation the Central Powers ' chief offensive Attack effort of 1915 , causing Causation the total collapse Destroying of the Russian lines and their retreat Escaping far into Russia .

After meeting with Come_together the Allied units from Operation Overlord , the Allied forces Military_operation were in need of reorganizing and , facing Confronting_problem stiffened German resistance , the offensive was halted Process_end on 14September .

After the Soviet military reorganised Reforming_a_system and adopted Choosing different tactics , they renewed Recovering their offensive in February and overcame Conquering Finnish defences .

The Croatian offensive temporarily succeeded in expelling Removing rebel Serb forces from the pocket after several days of fighting Hostile_encounter .

Brigadier-General James Edmonds , the British official historian , wrote in Writing the History of the Great War Hostile_encounter , that the II Corps battle Hostile_encounter at La Bassée could be taken Conquering as separate but that the battles Hostile_encounter from Armentières to Messines and Ypres , were better understood Know as one battle Hostile_encounter in two parts , an offensive Attack by III Corps and the Cavalry Corps from 12 to 18 October against which the Germans retired Process_end and an offensive Judgment_communication by the German 6th Army and 4th Army from 19 October to 2 November , which from 30 October , took place Process_start mainly north of the Lys , when the battles Hostile_encounter of Armentières and Messines merged Cause_to_amalgamate with the Battles Hostile_encounter of Ypres .

Brigadier-General James Edmonds , the British official historian , wrote in Writing the History of the Great War Hostile_encounter , that the II Corps battle Hostile_encounter at La Bassée could be taken Conquering as separate but that the battles Hostile_encounter from Armentières to Messines and Ypres , were better understood Know as one battle Hostile_encounter in two parts , an offensive Attack by III Corps and the Cavalry Corps from 12 to 18 October against which the Germans retired Process_end and an offensive Judgment_communication by the German 6th Army and 4th Army from 19 October to 2 November , which from 30 October , took place Process_start mainly north of the Lys , when the battles Hostile_encounter of Armentières and Messines merged Cause_to_amalgamate with the Battles Hostile_encounter of Ypres .

general erich von falkenhayn , head of the ( `` ohl '' , german general staff ) , then tried a limited offensive Judgment_communication to capture Conquering ypres and mont kemmel , from 19 october to 22 november .

The fighting Hostile_encounter has been divided into five stages , an encounter battle Hostile_encounter from 19 to 21 October , the Battle Hostile_encounter of Langemarck from 21 to 24 October , the battles Hostile_encounter at La Bassée and Armentières to 2 November , coincident with more Allied Cause_to_amalgamate attacks Attack at Ypres and the Battle Hostile_encounter of Gheluvelt a fourth phase with the last big German offensive , which culminated Process_end at the Battle Hostile_encounter of Nonne Bosschen on 11 November , then local operations Military_operation which faded Change out in late November .

warfare Hostile_encounter between mass armies Hostile_encounter , equipped Supply with the weapons of the industrial revolution Change_of_leadership and its later developments Cause_to_make_progress , proved Know to be indecisive , because field fortifications neutralised Destroying many classes of offensive weapon .