Patentlyoffensive is a term used in United States law regarding obscenity and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution First Amendment . The phrase patentlyoffensive first appeared in Roth v. United States , referring to any obscene acts or materials that are considered to be openly, plainly, or clearly visible as offensive to the viewing public. The Roth standard outlined what is to be considered obscene and thus not under First Amendment protection. The Roth standard was largely replaced by the Miller test Miller test established by Miller v. California 1973 . Roth standard According to the Roth Standard a work is obscene if The dominant theme of the material taken as a whole appeals to a prurient interest in sex, The material is patentlyoffensive because it affronts contemporary community standards relating to the description or representation of sexual matters, The material is utterly without redeeming social value Miller test main Miller test The Miller test was developed in the 1973 case Miller v. California . ref http caselaw.lp.findlaw.com scripts printer friendly.pl?page us 413 15.html Text of the decision and dissents , from findlaw.com ref It has three parts Whether the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would find that the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the wiktionary prurient prurient interest, Whether the work depicts describes, in a wiktionary patentlypatentlyoffensive way, sexual conduct or excretory functions ref The syllabus of the case mentions only sexual conduct, but excretory functions are explicitly mentioned on page 25 of the majority opinion. ref specifically defined by applicable state law, Whether the work, taken as a whole, lacks serious Literature literary , art istic, Politics political or Science scientific value. This is also known as the S LAPS test Serious Literary, Artistic, Political, Scientific ... for the majority, included the following definitions of what may be patentlyoffensive Representations ... more details
In Canadian law , patently unreasonable or the patent unreasonableness test was a standard of review used by a court when performing judicial review of Canadian administrative law administrative decisions. It was the highest of three standards of review correctness, unreasonableness, and patent unreasonableness. Although the term patent unreasonableness lacked a precise definition in the common law, it was somewhere above unreasonableness, and consequently it was relatively difficult to show that a decision is patently unreasonable. A simple example of a patently unreasonable decision may be one that does not accord at all with the facts or law before it, or one that completely misstates a legal test. By a decision issued on March 7, 2008, this test was removed from the law by the Supreme Court of Canada in David Dunsmuir v. Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of New Brunswick as represented by Board of Management . ref http scc.lexum.umontreal.ca en 2008 2008scc9 2008scc9.html Supreme Court of Canada Decisions Dunsmuir v. New Brunswick Bot generated title ref In Toronto City Board of Education v. O.S.S.T.F., District 15 , 1997 1 S.C.R. 487, ref http scc.lexum.umontreal.ca en 1997 1997rcs1 487 1997rcs1 487.html ref at paras. 41 48, the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada noted that the test for whether a decision under review is patently unreasonable is articulated differently for findings of fact and findings of law. For interpreting a legislative provision, the test was whether the decision under review cannot be rationally supported by the relevant legislation and demands intervention by the court upon review . In the context of a decision interpreting a collective labour agreement, the patently unreasonable test was held to mean that the court will not intervene unless the words of the collective agreement have been given an interpretation they cannot ... in administrative law in Singapore Singapore administrative law References reflist DEFAULTSORT Patently ... more details
selfref For Wikipedia s guidelines on offensive content, see Wikipedia Offensive material . Wiktionarypar offensiveOffensive may refer to Offensive Netherlands , a political party Offensive military , an attack See also Offense disambiguation Charm offensive disambig es Ofensivo fr Offensive nl Offensief simple Offensive ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name On the Offensive Type EP Artist Poster Children Cover PosterChildrenOnTheOffensiveCover.gif Released September 21, 2004 Recorded Genre Alternative rock Length 20 00 Label Hidden Agenda Producer Reviews Last album No More Songs About Sleep and Fire br 2004 This album On the Offensive br 2004 Next album On the Offensive is an EP released by Poster Children in 2004. It is composed of politically themed cover songs. Original artists for these songs Clampdown originally by the Clash We Don t Need This Fascist Groove Thang originally by Heaven 17 The New World originally by X American band X Let s Have a War originally by Fear band Fear Divide and Conquer originally by H sker D Complicated Game originally by XTC Track listing Clampdown 3 17 We Don t Need This Fascist Groove Thang 3 16 The New World 3 33 Let s Have a War 2 06 Divide and Conquer 2 55 Complicated Game 4 53 Personnel Rick Valentin Vocals, Guitar Rose Marshack Bass, vocals Jim Valentin Guitar Matt Friscia Drums DEFAULTSORT On The Offensive Category Poster Children albums Category 2004 EPs ... more details
Vistula Offensive can refer to Soviet westward offensive of 1918 1919 Soviet Vistula Oder Offensive in 1945 See also Vistula Operation disambig ... more details
Narva Offensive may refer to any of the following military operations of the Eastern Front of World War II Narva Offensive 15 28 February 1944 Narva Offensive 1 4 March 1944 Narva Offensive 18 24 March 1944 Narva Offensive July 1944 dab ... more details
Winter Offensive could refer to several different offensives. The 1939 40 Winter Offensive by the Chinese National Revolutionary Army against Japanese forces The Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union The 1941 1942 Eastern Front 28World War II 29 Soviet counter offensive Winter 1941 Soviet Winter Offensive against German forces disambig ... more details
An offensive coordinator is a member of the coaching staff of a gridiron football team who is in charge of the offense sports offense . Generally, along with his defensive coordinator defensive counterpart , he represents the second level of command structure after the head coach . The offensive coordinator is generally in charge of managing all offensive players and assistant coaches, of designing specific offensive plays, of developing a general offensive game plan, and of calling the plays for the offense during the game, though several offensive minded head coaches such as Mike McCarthy and Gary Kubiak call the plays for their team. An offensive coordinator typically has a number of assistant coaches working under him usually coaches primarily responsible for the various offensive positions on the team such offensive line , quarterback s, slotback s, tight end s, or wide receiver s . See also List of active National Football League offensive coordinators Defensive coordinator American football strategy Category American football personnel Category Coaches of American football Offensive coordinator Americanfootball stub Canadianfootball stub ... more details
An air offensive is a type of military operation conducted using Aircrew member aircrew , Airborne forces airborne ref Also includes Air assault and Airlanding Glider infantry ref and strategic missile troops to allow securing of war, campaign or operational initiative, air space superiority or ensure defeat of enemy forces through use of air delivered ordnance, or destruction of enemy air, ground and naval forces. The air offensive can be conducted by the air forces independently, or in coordination with the Land and Naval Services within the scope of Combined Operations . In some countries the air offensive can be conducted by the ground forces using Army aviation aviation assets such as troop carrier operations during the Second World War ref p.38, Schlight ref or the post war use of helicopter s. ref pp.xx xxi, Allen ref Air offensives, also known as the aviation offensives in Russian ... superiority offensive such as the Luftwaffe Operation Eagle Attack Operation Adlerangriff , bombing air offensive such as the Strategic bombing during World War II Anglo American air offensive against Germany from 1943 until the German surrender in 1945 , assault air offensive as exemplified by the operations during the Battle of Kursk , and air assault offensive such as Operation Shiny Bayonet ... , Orel Strategic Counter offensive Operation Orel Strategic Counter offensive Operation Kutuzov , Belgorod Kharkov Strategic Counter offensive Operation Belgorod Kharkov Strategic Counter offensive Operation Rumyantsev , Smolensk Strategic Offensive Operation Operation Surorov Smolensk Strategic Offensive Operation Surorov , Donbass Strategic Offensive Operation Donbass Strategic Offensive and Chernigov Poltava Strategic Offensive Operation s. ref p.134, Jackson ref Ordinarily the air offensive consists of three phases air preparation of the offensive including intelligence preparation of the battlefield , immediate preparation for the offensive, and offensive support operations. References ... more details
Campaignbox Spanish Civil War The Balaguer Offensive was an offensive carried out around Balaguer during the Spanish Civil War in 1938 by the Spanish Republican Army after the disastrous Aragon Offensive . It was led by Vicente Rojo Lluch and was part of the Battle of the Segre . References Reflist coord missing Spain Category Battles of the Spanish Civil War Category 1938 in Spain Category Conflicts in 1938 Spain stub ... more details
An offensive is a military operation that seeks through aggressive projection of armed force to occupy ... operational or military tactics tactical goal. Another term for an offensive often used by the media is invasion , or the more general attack . The offensive was considered a pre eminent means of producing .... ref p.220, Glantz ref A quick guide to the size or scope of the offensive is to consider the number of troops involved in the side initiating the offensive. Offensives are largely conduced as a means to secure initiative in a confrontation between opponents. They can be waged on land, at Naval offensive sea ref Edward Wegener Henning Wegener, The Soviet Naval Offensive An Examination of the Strategic ... offensive air . Naval offensive s, such as the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor , can have wide ... the Vietnam War . An air offensive is an operation that can describe any number of different types of operations, usually restricted to specific types of aircraft. The offensive conducted with use ... space, or over a given territory. A bomber offensive is sometimes also known as the strategic bombing offensive, and was prominently used by the Allies during the Strategic bombing during World War II ... of ground offensives can be said to be an air offensive, such as that performed in the opening .... Theatre offensive A Theater warfare Theatre offensive can be a war and a dominant feature of a national ... offensive A strategic offensive is often a Military campaign Campaign , and would involve use of over ... the Operation Barbarossa was a Theatre Offensive composed of three distinct and inter related Campaigns ... offensive operations during World War II often involved multi Front Soviet Army front coordinated ... War II provides a listing of large scale Soviet operations. A strategic offensive is the aggressive ... to hide a full scale rehearsal of large scale operations. A strategic offensive consists of simultaneous ... territory, such as the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation . ref page xvii, Glantz 2003 ref ... more details
A counter offensive is the term used by the military to describe large scale, usually strategic offensive operations by forces that had successfully halted an enemy s Offensive military offensive , while occupying strategic defence defensive positions. The counter offensive is executed after exhausting the enemy s front line troops and after the enemy reserves had been committed to combat and proven incapable of breaching defences, but before the enemy has had the opportunity to assume new defensive positions. Sometimes the counter offensive can be of a more limited operational maneuver nature, with more limited objectives rather than those seeking attainment of a Strategic goal military strategic goal . A counter offensive as considered by Clausewitz to be the most efficient means of forcing the attacker to abandon offensive plans. ref p.540, Briggs ref Counter offensives can be executed not only on land, but also by the naval forces and air forces. Strategic counter offensives have been recorded by military historians in many wars throughout military history , although not always known as such because they are usually described by historians in conjunction with the defensive phase, such as the Battle of Moscow . A counterattack is the military tactics tactical and sometimes smaller operational equivalent of the counter offensive. Notes reflist References Briggs, Clarence E., ed. , translated by Oliver L. Spaulding, Roots of Strategy 3 Military Classics Von Leeb s Defense , Von Freytag Loringhoven s the Power of Personality in War , Erfurth s Surprise , Stackpole Books, 1991 United States Department of Defense Department of Defense US http www.dtic.mil doctrine jel new pubs jp1 02.pdf Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms . Published by United States Government Printing Office , Washington, DC. Retrieved 13 October 2008. mil stub Category Military theory Category Military strategy Category Military tactics Category Military terminology zh ... more details
File Russian Silesian Offensive 1914.JPG thumb left 170px Russian Silesian Offensive by Rafail Sergeevich Levitsky . 1914 The Di Rocco Wieler Private Collection, Toronto, Canada The Silesian Offensive was a Russian Empire Russian offensive in 1914, during the First World War . It lasted from November 11 till December 6, and consisted of the battle of owicz and battle of d . While it marked the furthest Russian forces would ever get to the West during the war, it was a tactical Russian victory but their strategic defeat. References Spencer Tucker, Priscilla Mary Roberts, World War I Encyclopedia , ABC CLIO, 2005, ISBN 1851094202, http books.google.com books?id B1cMtKQP3P8C&pg RA1 PA379&dq 22Silesian Offensive 22&lr &as brr 3&sig ACfU3U0QHXjHH30At6XfPBi8 gRz7n20Ww Google Print, p.379 James L. Stokesbury, A Short History of World War I , HarperCollins, 1981, ISBN 0688001297, http books.google.com books?id MimWfWJEX2wC&pg PA72&dq 22Silesian Offensive 22&lr &as brr 3&sig ACfU3U0mQAu 1UgcqbmFbydhqE hOzeVyQ Google Print, p.72 Germany battle stub Russia battle stub Image EasternFront1914b.jpg thumb right 300px Map of the theatre coord missing Russia Category Conflicts in 1914 Category Battles of the Eastern Front World War I Silesian Offensive Category Battles of World War I involving Germany Silesian Offensive Category Battles of World War I involving Russia Silesian Offensive Category 1914 in Russia it Offensiva della Slesia ... more details
Cult of the offensive refers to a strategic military dilemma, where leaders believe that offensive ... and routed much larger enemy forces in a lightning attack. Military theory Under the cult of offensive .... International politics In international relations , cult of offensive is related to the security dilemma and offensive realism theories. It stresses that conquest is easy and security difficult ... War I Cult of the offensive was the dominant theory among many military and political leaders before World War I . Those leaders argued in favor of declaring war and launching an offensive, believing ... the offensive was of crucial importance, hence belligerents were encouraged to strike first ... Plan is a notable example of the cult of the offensive. Supported by pro offensive officers such as Helmuth ... combined with surprisingly speedy Russian offensives , ended the German offensive and resulted in years of trench warfare . It was not only Germany who followed the cult of the offensive the French ... that The French Army, returning unto its traditions, no longer knows any law other than the offensive ... the passing of a similar bill in Germany six months earlier the offensive guerre outrance ... War I ultimately favored defensive strategies cult of the offensive led to heavy losses during ... . It would not be until World War II that offensive strategies such as blitzkrieg were shown to be highly ... thought was influenced by the fact that cult of the offensive. Hence the military leaders, particularly among the Western Allies in the early phase of the war, tried to avoid offensive at all ... Van Evera, The Cult of the Offensive and the Origins of the First World War , International Security ... 3ATCOTOA 3E2.0.CO 3B2 V JSTOR Jack Snyder, Civil Military Relations and the Cult of the Offensive ... of the Offensive Revisited Confronting Technological Change Before the Great War , Journal of Strategic ... books?id X8guB7f9UIsC&pg PA114&lpg PA114&dq 22cult of the offensive 22&source web&ots ... more details
Offensive Rating is a statistic used in basketball to measure either a team s offensive performance or an individual player s efficiency at producing points for the offense. It was created by author and statistician Dean Oliver statistician Dean Oliver . For teams, the formula is 100 x Pts Tm FGA .04 x Tm FTA 1.07 x Tm ORB Tm ORB Tm DRB x Tm FGA Tm FG Tm TO ref http www.basketball reference.com about glossary.html ref For players, the formula is Offensive Rating Points Produced Individual Possessions x 100 Points can be produced through field goal basketball field goals , free throw s, assist basketball assists , and rebound basketball offensive rebounds . Individual possessions are the sum of a player s scoring possessions field goals, free throws, plus partial credit for assists , missed field goals and free throws that the defense rebounds, and turnovers. References reflist Category Basketball statistics Basketball statistics ... more details
Infobox record label See Wikipedia WikiProject Music name The Ajna Offensive image name Ajna logo.jpg image size 250px image bg black parent parent company, such as Warner Music Group founded 1992 founder Tyler Davis , Stephen O Malley status leave blank unless Inactive or Defunct distributor distributors, separate with commas or br genre Extreme metal , experimental music experimental country United States location Jacksonville, Oregon url URL www.theajnaoffensive.com The Ajna Offensive is an American independent record label which releases extreme metal , experimental music and neofolk records, and books related to the occultism , ritual work, magick theory and meta history. ref name Riddick cite web url http www.metalmaniacs.com 2009 the ajna offensive title Label Profile The Ajna Offensive last Riddick first Mike date August 10, 2009 work Metal Maniacs accessdate November 22, 2010 ref The proprietor of the label is Tyler Davis , who had worked with Stephen O Malley on the black metal fanzine Descent . ref name Currin cite web url http pitchfork.com features interviews 7678 sunn o ... November 22, 2010 ref Later O Malley was involved with the creation of the Ajna Offensive ... tradition. History The Ajna Offensive label evolved in 1992 out of the Warloch label then managed by Davis ... Offensive record label for a while. ref name Riddick In reviewing metal bands for the magazine ... Riddick According to Stylus Magazine , The Ajna Offensive appears to be an aesthetically steered label ... sales of The Ajna Offensive is 86,000 copies. The label s Standard Industrial Classification code ... www.manta.com c mtcq2z6 the ajna offensive title Company Profile The Ajna Offensive work Manta accessdate ... independent record labels Ajna Offensive, The Category Black metal record labels Ajna Offensive, The Category Death metal record labels Ajna Offensive, The Category Record labels established in 1992 sco The Ajna Offensive ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2010 The Theater Offensive is a Boston based theatrical organization dedicated to the production of queer works. The Theater Offensive was founded in 1989 by Abraham Rybeck to form and present the diverse realities of queer lives in art so bold it breaks through personal isolation and political orthodoxy to help build an honest, progressive community. The Theater Offensive mounts and produces festivals and individual productions by national and local queer performers, and also serves as a development environment for new theatrical work. In addition, The Theater Offensive works to build community through education, outreach, and political activism. The Theater Offensive has expanded throughout its history. The True Colors OUT Youth Theater troupe concentrates on producing dramatical works produced by young, queer artists. Up until the summer of 2008, its A Street Theater Named Desire , a guerilla AIDS activist theater troupe, enters gay cruising grounds and presents performances that promote safe sex and AIDS education. http www.thetheateroffensive.org about us.html The Theater Offensive produces an annual Out on the Edge Festival of Queer Theater, which showcases new performing arts works by queer artists from around the world. It has been held each fall since its inception in 1992. Awards and honors Bisexual and Transgender Youth BAGLY , 2010 Outstanding Youth Group, Hyde Square Task Force, 2010 Valued Ally Award Somos Latinas LGBT Coalition of Mass., 2010 2008 Social Innovator Through the Arts from Social Innovation Forum http www.edgeboston.com index.php?ch entertainment&sc theatre&sc2 news&sc3 &id 72241 2007 Jonathan Larson Musical Theatre Award for Surviving the Nian http www.edgeboston.com index.php?ch entertainment&sc theatre&sc2 features&sc ... The Theatre Offensive homepage http myspace.com ttorepeatoffenders The Theater Offensive Repeat ... 2799 EDGE magazine The http www.library.neu.edu archives collect findaids m82find.htm The Theater Offensive ... more details
Campaignbox Spanish Civil War The Zaragoza Offensive took place during the Spanish Civil War in 1937. This battle involved the Spanish Republican Army . References Reflist coord missing Spain Category Battles of the Spanish Civil War Category 1937 in Spain Category Conflicts in 1937 Spain stub ... more details
Expand Spanish Ofensiva de Villarreal topic history date July 2011 Campaignbox Spanish Civil War The Villarreal Offensive lang es Ofensiva de Villarreal was an offensive of the Spanish Civil War which lasted from 30 November to 24 December 1936. Eusko Gudarostea s 4300 men fought 600 men of the insurgent forces. coord 42 58 N 2 38 W region EH type event source kolossus euwiki display title Category Battles of the Spanish Civil War Category 1936 in Spain Category Conflicts in 1936 Spain stub es Ofensiva de Villarreal eu Legutioko gudua ... more details
Image John Mearsheimer.jpg thumb right John Mearsheimer In international relations , offensive realism is a variant of political realism . Like realism, offensive realism regards states as the primary actors in international relations. However, offensive realism adds several additional assumptions to the framework of neorealism international relations structural realism . John Mearsheimer developed this theory in his book The Tragedy of Great Power Politics . Theory Offensive realism is a structural theory which, unlike the Realism international relations Classical realism classical realism of Hans Morgenthau Morgenthau , blames security conflict on the anarchy of the international system, not on human nature or particular characteristics of individual great powers. In contrast to other structural realist theories, offensive realism believes that states are not satisfied with a given amount of Power in international relations power , but seek hegemony maximization of their share of world power for security and survival. John Mearsheimer summed this view up in his book The Tragedy of Great Power Politics cquote Given the difficulty of determining how much power is enough for today and tomorrow, great powers recognize that the best way to ensure their security is to achieve hegemony now, thus eliminating any possibility of a challenge by another great power. Only a misguided state would pass up an opportunity to be the hegemon in the system because it thought it already had sufficient power to survive. This behavior is known as power maximization. In this world there is no such thing .... As John Mearsheimer has been quoted in explaining, Offensive Realism follows from a core of assumptions ... some offensive military capability States can never be certain of the intentions of other states i.e. all states are security seeking Offensive realism also dismisses democratic peace theory , which ... conflict note that Mearsheimer s offensive realism ignores the fact that war is costly ... more details
A naval offensive is the aggressive deployment of Navy naval forces during a military campaign to Military strategy strategically , Operational warfare operationally or military tactics tactically provide secure use of shipping route s ref p.1, Wegener ref , or Coastal shipping coastal regions for friendly shipping , or deny them to enemy shipping. The aim of a naval offensive is usually in exerting specific superiority at the point of impact ref p.45, Menon ref , and has been considered the best strategy in Europe against a threat of invasion since the Middle Ages . ref p.28, Rose ref A naval offensive may include use of Surface combatant surface or submarine combat vessels ref p.33, Konstam and Bryan for example of early offensive operations using torpedo armed vessels during the Union naval offensive of 1863 ref , or both as at the Battle of Heligoland 1914 Battle of Heligoland Bight ref ch.6, Massie ref , and aircraft carrier ref p.40, Hill Goodspeed, Burgess ref or Naval aviation shore based naval aviation shore based fixed wing and Military helicopters Maritime helicopters helicopter aircraft and Amphibious warfare amphibious assault troops to conduct the offensive as a means of projection of naval power against land objectives ref p.116, Lindberg, Todd ref , or support one by transporting troops ref p.43, Morison ref . The scale of a naval offensive need not be a massive ocean Naval fleet fleet operation, but may be conducted with relatively few and light forces on War ... , while coastal offensives date to the earlier raids of the Sea Peoples . At least one naval offensive ... offensives may require construction of naval base s ref pp.62 63, Vego ref to support offensive ... offensive may be active involving direct combat between units, or passive, involving use of sea ... on the main text References Wegener, Edward, Rear Admiral rtd. , FRG, The Soviet naval offensive ... For use of carrier and land based naval aviation in a naval offensive Hammel, Eric, Carrier Strike ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Fl m nda Offensive partof Romanian Campaign World War I image File Convoi de trasuri din Div. 10 a trecand Dunarea la Flamanda.jpg 300px caption Romanian 10th Division crossing the Danube at Fl m nda Ryahovo date September 29, 1916&ndash October 5, 1916 place Ryahovo , Ruse Province , Bulgaria across the Danube from Fl m nda , near Olteni a , Romania territory result Central Powers Tactical Victory combatant1 flag Romania combatant2 flag Bulgaria br flag German Empire commander1 flagicon Romania Alexandru Averescu commander2 flagicon German Empire Robert Kosch br flagicon German Empire August von Mackensen strength1 Unknown strength2 Unknown casualties1 Unknown casualties2 Unknown notes Campaignbox Romanian Campaign The Fl m nda Offensive or Fl m nda Maneuver , which took place between 29 September and 5 October 1916, was an offensive across the Danube mounted by the Romanian 2nd Army during World War I . The battle represented a consistent effort by the Romanian Army to stop the Central Powers south offensive led by August von Mackensen . The battle ended as a tactical victory for the Central Powers . Background File Fl m nda Offensive map.jpg thumb left 400px The plan of the offensive File Averescu.png thumb right 200px General Alexandru Averescu , commander of the Romanian forces Romania begun its World War I in August 1916, when Romanian forces invaded Transylvania passing the border on the Carpathian Mountains . The Romanian forces quickly ... at Fl m nda, while the front line Romania n and Russia n forces were supposed to launch an offensive ... wide and 4 kilometer deep. On the same day, the joint Romanian and Russian divisions went on offensive ... its forces to counter the Central Powers offensive from Transylvania. ref Tucker, p. 419 ref ... coord missing DEFAULTSORT Flamanda Offensive Category Battles of World War I involving ... in Bulgaria Category 1916 in Romania bg fr Offensive Flamanda it Offensiva di Fl m nda ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2008 Infobox Military Conflict conflict Ramadan Offensive partof the Post invasion Iraq, 2003 present Post invasion Iraq image caption date October 26, 2003 November 24, 2003 place Iraq casus territory result Insurgency spreads combatant1 flagicon United States United States br Image Flag of Iraq.svg 22px New Iraqi Army combatant2 Iraqi Insurgency commander1 flagicon United States Gen. John Abizaid commander2 Various strength1 strength2 casualties1 75 killed U.S. , br 50 killed Iraqi security forces , br 17 killed Italy , br 1 killed U.K. , br 1 killed Poland casualties2 100 killed casualties3 notes Campaignbox Iraq War The Ramadan Offensive was a series of insurgent attacks against Coalition and Iraqi military targets from the end of October and during much of November 2003. The attacks are called the Ramadan Offensive because they were conducted during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan . The number of insurgent attacks increased during this period mainly because of the belief among the insurgent forces that fighting a foreign occupation force during Islam s holy month puts a believer especially close to God. The OffensiveOffensive starts and the al Rashid Hotel attack On the morning of October 26, 2003 as Ramadan started so did the insurgent offensive. That morning in the early hours in Baghdad insurgents fired an improvised multiple tube launcher mounted in a trailer that was made up to look like a mobile generator, about 400 meters from the al Rashid Hotel. Where, at the time, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz was staying. Eight to ten ... main 27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings At the start of the offensive on October 27, 2003 insurgents ... likely got to the insurgents vie the Black market. A day before the start of the offensive, on October ... compared the Ramadan Offensive with the Tet Offensive of 1968 in the Vietnam war. Some also said ... ramifications, however, remain to be seen. References coord missing Iraq DEFAULTSORT Ramadan Offensive ... more details
Expand Spanish Ofensiva de Segovia date July 2011 Infobox military conflict conflict Segovia Offensive partof the Spanish Civil War image File Miliciananos Taro.jpg 300px caption Republican soldiers during the Segovia Offensive. date 31 May , 6 June 1937 place Near Segovia , Province of Segovia Segovia province , Spain result Nationalist victory ref Beevor, Antony. The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War. Penguin Books. London. 2006. pages 347 and 429 ref combatant1 flag Spanish Republic combatant2 flag Nationalist Spain 1938 commander1 flagicon Spanish Republic Domingo Moriones br flagicon Spanish Republic Gustavo Duran br flagicon Spanish Republic Jos Mar a Galan ref Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. 2001 . Penguin Books. London. p.668 ref br flagicon image Flag of the International Brigades.svg Karol wierczewski General Walther commander2 flagicon Spain 1938 Jos Enrique Varela Jos Varela br flagicon Spain 1938 Fernando Barron strength1 three divisions strength2 ? casualties1 3,000 casualties casualties2 ? Campaignbox Spanish Civil War The Segovia Offensive took place between 31 May and 6 June 1937, during the Spanish Civil War . Background. On April 1937, the Nationalists started an offensive against the Republican held, Biscay Campaign Biscay Province , and by the end of May the Navarrese troops reached the eastern side of the Bilbao s defenses. Then, the Republican government decided to launch two diversionary offensives in the Huesca Offensive Aragon and the Madrid front in order to divert Nationalist troops. ref Thomas, Hugh. The Spanish Civil War. 2001 . Penguin ... offensive failed because the air supperiority of the Nationalists and the ineffectivenes of the Spanish ... Books. p.276 ref The Segovia offensive only delayed two weeks the Nationalist offensive against Battle of Bilbao Bilbao . In literature The Segovia Offensive is the Offensive described in the Ernest ... fr Offensive de S govie ... more details
File Eastern Front 1943 08 to 1944 12.png thumb 300px Budapest Offensive, together with other Soviet Balkan offensives are covered by the green area in the south. Campaignbox Axis Soviet War Campaignbox Hungary 1944 1945 The Budapest Offensive was the general attack by Red Army Soviet forces against Germany and their allies from the territory of Hungary . The offensive lasted from 29 October 1944 until Battle of Budapest the fall of Budapest on 13 February 1945. Prelude Having secured Romania in the summer Jassy Kishinev Offensive , the Soviet forces continued their push in the Balkans . The Red Army occupied Bucharest on 31 August and then swept westward across the Carpathian Mountains into Hungary and southward into Bulgaria . In the process, the Red Army s forces drew German reserves away from the Warsaw Berlin central axis, encircled and destroyed the 6th Army Wehrmacht German 6. Armee for the second time and forced Army Group South Ukraine s shattered 8th Army Wehrmacht 8. Armee to withdraw westward into Hungary. The offensive From October 1944, the 2nd Ukrainian Front 2nd , 3rd Ukrainian Front 3rd , and 4th Ukrainian Front s advanced into Hungary. After isolating the Hungarian capital city in late December, the Soviets Siege of Budapest besieged and assaulted Budapest . On 13 February 1945, the city fell. While this destroyed most of the German forces in the region, troops were rushed from the Western Front World War II Western Front and, in March, the Germans launched the ill fated Operation Fr hlingserwachen Operation Spring Awakening Unternehmen Fr hlingserwachen in the Lake Balaton area. The expansive goals of this operation were to protect one of the last oil producing regions available to the Axis and to retake Budapest. Neither goal was achieved. In that period in the nearby operations, the Soviets also advanced into Yugoslavia and Belgrade Offensive liberated Belgrade in cooperation with Yugoslav partisans Tito s partisan forces . According to Soviet information ... more details
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