a large scale offensive (more than a counterattack) undertaken by a defending force to seize the initiative from an attacking force
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Crossing the Yellow River was actually the beginning of the counteroffensive.过黄河实际上就是开始反攻。
Another reason was that the objective situation compelled us to start the counteroffensive at an early date.另一个原因是客观形势迫使我们要早反攻。
However, the offensive against the peace ttlovement nurtured its own counteroffensive.但是，对和平运动的打击必然会引起反击。
But gasoline shortages and the Siegfried Line had stopped his troops and the counteroffensive in the Ardennes had thrown them back, temporarily.只是汽油短缺，齐格菲防线阻止了其军，阿登大反击又将其部下暂时赶回。
