"defeat" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- On July 17, 1920 the Red Army returned but was forced to retreat in August following the Soviet defeat at Warsaw.
- The Soviet official also said a smaller, more efficient army would help restore the prestige of the armed forces after the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan.
- However, Soviet defeat in the Battle of Warsaw made these plans obsolete, and Lithuanian authority was never established in the city.
- The magnitude of the initial Soviet defeat was appalling.
- It had been the primary reason for the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan.
- Four years ago, the West rejoiced at the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan.
- His view is that once the United States achieved its purpose of a Soviet defeat in Afghanistan, it essentially lost interest in the country.
- His counteroffensive led to a major Soviet defeat when his unit encircled five Soviet divisions, receiving air support for the first time on that front.
- The revolutionary stage ended after the Soviet defeat in the war with Poland in 1921.
- They were inspired by the Soviet defeat in Afghanistan to the mujahedeen or Islamic holy warriors.
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