tổng phản công
Definition
- Noun:
- General counteroffensive: A comprehensive and coordinated large-scale military operation in which defending forces shift from a defensive posture to a strategic offensive across the entire front or theater of war, aiming to decisively defeat the attacker and regain lost territory or initiative.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Sau nhiều tháng cố thủ, quân đội đã mở một cuộc tổng phản công. (After many months of holding their ground, the army launched a general counteroffensive.)
- Chiến lược tổng phản công đã đánh bật quân địch ra khỏi biên giới. (The general counteroffensive strategy pushed the enemy forces out of the border region.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is primarily used in military and historical contexts to describe a pivotal, war-changing strategic action. It implies a shift from a reactive to a proactive stance on a massive scale.
Variants and Related Words
- Phản công (v/n): to counterattack / a counterattack. This is the core component, referring to a counterattack on a smaller, tactical scale.
- Họ chuẩn bị phản công vào sáng sớm. (They prepared to counterattack at dawn.)
Synonyms
- Strategic counteroffensive: A large-scale counterattack designed to achieve strategic objectives.
- Full-scale counteroffensive: A counteroffensive involving all available forces across the entire front.
Related Concepts
- Phòng ngự (Defense): The defensive phase that typically precedes a .
- Tổng tấn công (General offensive): The opposite strategic action, referring to a large-scale initial offensive.