- general counterattack
- общая контратака; контрнаступление
English-Russian military dictionary. 2014.
English-Russian military dictionary. 2014.
Counterattack — For other uses, see Counterattack (disambiguation). Closing the Falaise Argentan Pocket and the Mortain counterattack 6 17 August 1944 A counterattack is a tactic used in response against an attack. The term originates in military strategy.[1]… … Wikipedia
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Collins, Lieutenant General ‘Lightnin’ Joe’ Lawton — 1896–1963 A leader of consequence, Collins, in December 1942, led the 25th Infantry Division in Guadalcanal, relieving the 1st Marine Division, and he cleared the island of Japanese. In January 1943 he led part of the XIV Corps in driving the… … Who’s Who in World War Two
Hoth, General Herrmann — 1885–1971 In June 1941 Hoth led the Third Panzer Army in the invasion of the USSR. His Group was to penetrate along the River Niemen to Kaunas and Vilna and link up with Genera GUDERIAN’s Panzer Group at Minsk. In the first few weeks of the… … Who’s Who in World War Two
Popov, General Markian — 1902–1969 Popov began the war as Commander of the Leningrad Military District (which became the Northern Front in late 1941). He took part in the Battle for Stalingrad in 1942 as a Commander of Armored Divisions. On II February 1943 as part of … Who’s Who in World War Two
Ritchie, General Neil — 1897–1983 Ritchie was the Commander of the British 8th Army when it suffered its major defeat by ROMMEL in 1942. Until mid 1940 Ritchie was Chief of Staff to General BROOKE in Belgium and France and went to the Middle East in 1941 as Deputy… … Who’s Who in World War Two
Slim, General Sir William — 1891–1970 Slim was the British Commander who built up the morale of his troops after their 900 mile retreat from Burma and led them back to reconquer Burma. At the beginning of the war Slim was given command of the 5th Indian Division in the… … Who’s Who in World War Two