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Definition of Counteroffensive
1. Noun. A large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force.
Definition of Counteroffensive
1. Noun. An attack made in response to a previous offensive, and intended to stop it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Counteroffensive
Literary usage of Counteroffensive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Papuan Campaign: The Buna-Sanananda Operation: 16 Nov. 1942-23 Jan. 1943 by DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"Beginning of the Allied counteroffensive (Map No., page j) On and July a Japanese
... counteroffensive."
2. Essays on Strategy edited by Thomas C. Gill (1996)
"proposed counteroffensive doctrine has elicited substantial criticism, including
the view that it simply cannot be done. It is argued that without additions ..."
3. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1920)
"The result of this counteroffensive was of decisive importance. ... Other American
divisions participated in the Marne counteroffensive. ..."
4. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"However, as the Italian counteroffensive in the Trentino progressed, there developed
... And as the Austrian resistance against the Italian counteroffensive ..."
5. The Story of the Great War by Francis Joseph Reynolds, Allen Leon Churchill, Leonard Wood, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Austin Melvin Knight, Frederick Palmer, Frank Herbert Simonds, Arthur Brown Ruhl (1916)
"The counteroffensive reached its zenith on May 27, 1915, ... To the south of the
town the Russian counteroffensive tried to outflank the Austrian troops ..."
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