After Stalingrad, Germany went on the defensive. So it was a defensive type of war.
After WW II, in the era of the Cold War, the defensive military alliance was (and remains) NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
Defensive (which is easier) - with a potent war-aim, to defend the homeland against the invader.
For the most part the Confederacy was fighting a defensive war. To gain the independence that it sought, the main idea was to repel Union invasions by superior defensive entrenchments. Offensive always needs a larger number to succeed then does defense. The South had limitations on manpower to fight the war. With few exceptions, they fought a defensive war. However, they used the tactics of counter attacks in an offensive manner.
The Germans were put on the defensive
After Stalingrad, Germany went on the defensive. So it was a defensive type of war.
Defensive war.
They were waging a defensive war.
defensive
athena
The North had to do the invading, so the South had to react with defensive tactics.
movement
After Gettysburg, Lee was on the defensive for the rest of the war.
A defensive wall.
world war 1
defensive when engaging an enemy, offensive when in the attack and approching the enemy line........
After WW II, in the era of the Cold War, the defensive military alliance was (and remains) NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.