spring offensive
Vernal military campaign
A spring offensive is a major military campaign launched in spring, when weather conditions favor troop movements after winter.
The term evokes large-scale attacks on the Western Front in World War I, particularly Germany's 1918 Spring Offensive.
More broadly, any coordinated push—military or metaphorical—timed for early in the year: The company launched a spring offensive to capture market share.
- attackAggressive act against another
- assaultViolent offensive act
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
- advanceMove or progress forward
- over the topExcessively theatrical or extreme
big push · blitzkrieg · shock troops · storm troopers · military · trenches · no man's land · soldiers · breakthrough · push · drive · battle · WWI · German · 1918 · Western Front · artillery · infantry
- attacksattack, assault, raid, strike, charge
- labor negotiationssalary talks, wage negotiations, wage disputes, collective bargaining, union demands
- Petersburg CampaignPetersburg, trenches, trench warfare, siege warfare, siege lines
spring offensivestrategic retreat
Intentional pullback for advantage
tactical withdrawal · defensive stand · fighting retreat · defense in depth · holding action
spring offensivesiege
Encirclement forcing surrender
siege warfare · trench warfare · war of attrition · stalemate · blockade
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