Terms for subject Military containing перейти от наступления к обороне

Russian	English
перейти от наступления к обороне	change from offense to defense
перейти от обороны к наступлению	shift from defense to offense (But these definitions do not encompass a decision to shift from defense to offense. When one nation attacks and the other only fights defensively, war already exists as a result of the attack and the defense – by Michael D. Ramsey Tamerlane)