Before Operation Reinhard, over half a million Jews had been killed by the Einsatzgruppen, mobile extermination units, in territories conquered by the German army.

Before being occupied by Romanian troops in 1941, a part of the city's population, industry, infrastructure and all cultural valuables possible were evacuated to inner regions of the USSR, and the retreating Red Army units destroyed as much as they could of Odessa harbour facilities left behind.

Before the nineteenth century, many military tactics were confined to battlefield concerns: how to maneuver units during combat in open terrain.

Construction of Housing Units Before Oslo: 1991 – 1992 14, 320 units.

Before, the island was divided into two municipalities, that became municipal units at the reform:

Before monosaccharide units are incorporated into glycoproteins, polysaccharides, or lipids in living organisms, they are typically first " activated " by being joined via a glycosidic bond to the phosphate group of a nucleotide such as uridine diphosphate ( UDP ), guanosine diphosphate ( GDP ), thymidine diphosphate ( TDP ), or cytidine monophosphate ( CMP ).

Before becoming a detective, an officer must attend a law enforcement academy, providing the officer with a foundation of education with sixteen to twenty-four college units in criminal justice or administration of criminal justice.

Before the War of 1812 these administrative units were geographically named starting with the Department of the East and Department of the West.

Before and during World War II, however, Soviet armored units were organized into corps.

Before the RCA re-release, the band's first three albums had sold 70, 000 combined units.

Before, the country was divided into nine bigger units, also called oblast.

Before Nevermind was released, Bleach had sold 40, 000 units in North America.

Construction of Housing Units Before Oslo: 1991-92 14, 320 units.

Before SNK was bought out, the Neo Geo Pocket Color was being advertised on US television and units were being sold nationally in Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Toys " R " Us, and other large retail chains.

Before that several other military units had also been formed while Finland belonged to Sweden.

Before each round of air attack, the naval units make a defence roll, which may destroy some attacking air factors or cause others to abort ( those factors may still attack on the next round of combat ).

Before then, it used the traditional regimental system, where regiments were actual combat units.

No organized cavalry formations or formations of troops equipped with projectile weapons are recorded: instead the bulk of the forces were formed in units of light, medium and heavy infantry, with bowmen or slingers distributed among the infantry units operating as light support skirmishers. Before the end of the Commonwealth at least 21 fortresses and castles had been built in Iceland. During the Age of the Sturlungs the average battle consisted of fewer than 1000 men with the average casualty rate of only 15 %.

Before their new codex Necrons were an extremely unique army, having the durability of Space Marines, and focusing largely on firepower, but lacked vehicles and only had two melee units, usually sticking to attrition style warfare, relying on their durability to keep them alive while dwindling down the enemy.

Before the establishing of the Strategic Support Branch in 2001, the ISA needed the permission of the CIA to conducts its operations which sometimes caused it to be less effective in its support of JSOC's primary units.

But Beckwith recognized that, " Before a Special Forces Green Beret soldier could become a good unconventional solder, he'd first have to be a good conventional one ... Because I had commanded rifle and weapons companies, I was appalled on arriving in Special Forces to find officers who had never commanded conventional units.

Before the Kallikratis reform, the regional units ( except Thasos, which was part of Kavala ) were administered as separate prefectures.

Before a battle the sarissa were carried in two pieces and then slid together when they were being used.

Before Persephone was abducted by Hades, the shepherd Eumolpus and the swineherd Eubuleus, saw a girl being carried of into the earth which had violently opened up, in a black chariot, driven by an invisible driver.

Before the canal's opening in 1869 goods were sometimes offloaded from ships and carried overland between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea.

Before wristwatches became popular in the 1920s, most watches were pocket watches, which often had covers and were carried in a pocket and attached to a watch chain or watch fob.

Before the Illinois game, George had carried the ball 25 times and scored 5 touchdowns, but for the rest of the season, he had only 12 more rushing attempts and didn't score once.

Before 1881, mail for Pea Ridge was dropped at Elkhorn Inn and Tavern, a stagecoach stop, and carried to the town by horseback, buggy, or wagon.

Before this the county carried the arms of Småland and Öland side by side.

Before the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge was built, ferries carried passengers across the Akashi Strait in Japan.

Before the advent of the automobile, an officer's batman was also in charge of the officer's bathorse that carried the packsaddle with his officer's kit during a campaign.

Before that the role was carried out by No. 10 Group RAF.

Before this sentence was carried out, he attempted suicide by slitting his throat.

Before the opening of the toll motorway, this section of the M6 carried 180, 000 vehicles per day at its busiest point near Wolverhampton ( between the junctions with the M54 and M5 motorways ), compared with a design capacity of only 72, 000 vehicles.

Before he was able to make music a full-time profession, Nunez worked for a while driving a wagon drawn by mules, in which he carried to his fellow musician " Chink " Martin Abraham.

Before motor transport became common, the Australian wool industry was heavily dependent on itinerant shearers who carried their swags from farm to farm ( called properties or " stations " in Australia ), but would not in general have taken kindly to being called " swagmen ".

Before the trial, a report was carried to the Parliament " as if some busie men had made use of some ill Arts to extort such confession " that a special Commission of Oyer and Terminer was granted for the trial of these witches.

Before the introduction of the New Life rule, the scores from the team competition carried over into the all-around and event finals, and could have a negative or positive effect on the gymnast's efforts in subsequent sessions.

Before the Severn Bridge was opened, the old cast iron road bridge across the Wye at Chepstow, built in 1816 to replace earlier wooden structures, carried all the road traffic between South West England and South Wales and was the lowest bridging point of the Wye.

Before his final internment, he had about the most unique and elaborate weeklong funeral ceremonies in Nigeria besides Chief Obafemi Awolowo, whereby his body was carried around the five Eastern states, Imo, Abia, Enugu, Ebonyi, Anambra, including the nation's capital, Abuja.

Before his death, he carried " every scrap of paper that had been written about him over the years, news clippings from all over the world, in garbage bags.

Before the arrival of the sovereign the Imperial State Crown is carried to the Palace of Westminster in its own State Coach.

Before surrender, the complete destruction of all fortifications was carried out.

Before railway service to the area, mail was carried in from Battleford.

Before the creation of separate Home and Foreign offices in 1782, the Southern Secretary carried a heavy burden of domestic responsibilities, including oversight of Ireland.

Before Ramsey, Walter Winterbottom had been manager, but selections and other decisions were often carried out by board committees.