As the Cold War began, the United States faced a new strategic threat in the rise of the Soviet nuclear weapons program.

Thus in total, around 900, 000 Frenchmen in all theatres faced around 1, 800, 000 Coalition soldiers ( including the strategic reserve under formation in Germany ).

In the summer campaign he once more faced Montecuccoli, and after the highest display of " strategic chess-moves " by both commanders, Turenne finally compelled his opponent to offer battle at a disadvantage at Salzbach.

With no penalty for being absent, voters are faced with a strategic choice between voting no and not voting.

Though the Air Force faced fewer program cancellations and cuts, Johnson refused Air Force requests for a doubling of active air groups until the invasion of Korea, and favored reduction of tactical air force readiness in favor of the strategic nuclear bomber forces.

Shaped in World War II by an increasing concentration on the strategic role of attacking an enemy's homeland, the Air Force now faced a conflict almost entirely tactical in character and limited as to how and where airpower could be applied.

At this time, the division's artillery assets included two artillery field regiments, a medium regiment, and a divisional locating battery, and although on paper the division was a large, combined arms formation, in reality many of its units were hollow and inadequately equipped, and in the decades following this the division, and indeed the CMF in general, underwent a period of uncertainty as the government attempted to solve the issues that the organisation faced, the most pressing of which was the question of its role and strategic relevance, as well as those concerning conditions of service, centralisation of training and access to equipment.

More daring than Nicias, the Athenian commander he faced, he was able to gain an upper hand by driving the Athenians from key strategic locations and essentially break the siege.

Other historians argue that the multitude of strategic options Moltke faced, and the danger of the Russian invasion of East Prussia clouded Moltke's judgement.

The Australian Government had sought U. S. military assistance in 1942, when it was faced with the possibility of Japanese invasion, and while Australia had made a significant contribution to the Pacific War, it had never been an equal partner with its U. S. counterparts in strategic decision-making.

On May 20, 2002, ACES merged with major competitor Avianca and SAM to form Alianza Summa, a strategic alliance aimed at joining forces to counteract the adverse circumstances that faced the airline industry in Colombia and the world after the September 11 attacks.

Once in the Final 2, both Vecepia and Neleh faced accusations of hypocrisy by the jury, and Vecepia explained that she was playing a very strategic game.

However, the Swedish strategic situation was hopeless: allied only with Great Britain, it faced the overmight of Napoleon's Europe and its Russian ally.

The region faced an overwhelming and expanding Soviet force and while he did not expect Soviet direct attack he did see a strategic threat of expanding influence aimed at neutralising the Nordic countries ( and possibly beyond ) and clearing the path into the North Atlantic.

A novice player faced with a situation like position 1 in the diagram on the left, in which some boxes can be captured, takes all the boxes in the chain, resulting in position 2.

The administration of President Andrés Pastrana Arango, when it took office on 7 August 1998, faced an economy in crisis, with the difficult internal security situation and global economic turbulence additionally inhibiting confidence.

Scholars who support this theory believe that a famous letter from Pliny to Emperor Trajan concerning the delation of Christians reflects the situation faced by the addressees of this epistle.

This is the situation long faced by many users of English who possess a " non-standard " dialect of English as their birth tongue but have also learned to write ( and perhaps also speak ) a more standard dialect.

Depending on one's current spiritual progress and situation, the challenges faced will differ.

Modern historians assert that by October 1216 John faced a " stalemate ", " a military situation uncompromised by defeat ".

Leszek Miller ’ s government faced a difficult economic situation in Poland, including an unemployment rate above 18 %, a high level of public debt, and economic stagnation.

Two years later, faced with a united Moroccan demand for the sultan's return, rising violence in Morocco, and the deteriorating situation in Algeria, the French government brought Mohammed V back to Morocco.

It placed subjects in a situation where an accusation of academic fraud ( cheating ) could be made, of which some subjects were in fact by design actually guilty ( and knew this ), and some were innocent but faced seemingly strong evidence of guilt and no verifiable proof of innocence.

Paul Krugman discussed the balance sheet recession concept during 2010, agreeing with Koo's situation assessment and view that sustained deficit spending when faced with a balance sheet recession would be appropriate.

He claims that the WFP people as an organisation " are in the absurd situation of, on the one hand, being dedicated to the fight against hunger while, on the other hand, being faced with unemployment where hunger actually eliminated ".

Due to the difficult external and internal situation he faced, Maximilian also felt it necessary to introduce reforms in the historic territories of the House of Habsburg in order to finance his army.

Flanders faced the difficult situation of being politically subservient to France, but also reliant on trade with England.

When the Allies met in Potsdam on 17 July 1945 at the Potsdam Conference, a chaotic refugee situation faced the occupying powers.

The situation for blacks outside the South was somewhat better ( in most states they could vote and have their children educated, though they still faced discrimination in housing and jobs ).

A court will allow a case to go forward if it is the type for which persons will frequently be faced with a particular situation, but will likely cease to be in a position where the court can provide a remedy for them in the time that it takes for the justice system to address their situation.

For example, it has been shown that people ’ s subjective perception of their situation when faced with chronic pain, judging their perceived ability to handle the situation and their general positivity, is able to influence their well-being.

The new board with president Louis Bastien faced a very difficult, if not catastrophal financial situation and decided in early 1936 to leave Geneva for London.

The experiences of the 111th Field Artillery battalion of the 116th RCT are indicative of the general situation these craft faced.

Despite this Harris managed to navigate the delicate situation which faced the left wing press and to keep the Pearson's functioning and solvent during the war years.

The FDA has also lacked the funding to undertake the rigorous tests to meet the standards for a supplement to be considered " hazardous " and, thus, removed from the market ; in the one situation where this standard was reached ( ephedra ), the agency faced significant opposition from the supplement industry and the United States Congress, instead limiting themselves to making announcements about problematic supplement safety records on their website.

Once the fight is broken up, Springer interviews the second guest about the situation faced by the first guest.

The apartment where we were talking that afternoon in March faced onto the street Garibaldi's men had charged up and along.

The state is now faced with the immediate question of raising new taxes whether on utilities, real estate or motor vehicles, he said, `` and I challenge Mitchell to tell the people where he stands on the tax issue ''.

The time was about 16: 30, and the two armies were in close contact across the whole four-mile ( 6 km ) front, from the skirmishing in the marshes in the south, through the vast cavalry battle on the open plain ; to the fierce struggle for Ramillies at the centre, and to the north, where, around the cottages of Offus and Autre-Eglise, Orkney and de la Guiche faced each other across the Petite Gheete ready to renew hostilities.

England duly reached the last eight where they again faced West Germany.

Egyptian hieroglyphs can be written bi-directional too, where the signs had a distinct " head " that faced the beginning of a line and " tail " that faced the end.

The Italians were forced to withdraw to more defensible positions in Tigray, where the two main armies faced each other.

The remainder of the first of the two Cathar wars now essentially focused on Simon's attempt to hold on to his fabulous gains through winters where he was faced, with only a small force of confederates operating from the main winter camp at Fanjeau, with the desertion of local lords who had sworn fealty to him out of necessity — and attempts to enlarge his newfound domains in the summer when his forces were greatly augmented by reinforcements from northern France, Germany and elsewhere.

The most significant threat the Roman Empire faced during the reign of Domitian arose from the northern provinces of Illyricum, where the Suebi, the Sarmatians and the Dacians continuously harassed Roman settlements along the Danube river.

The Wings cruised to the playoffs, where they faced the Nashville Predators.

When faced with a new circuit, the software first tries to find a steady state solution, that is, one where all nodes conform to Kirchhoff's Current Law and the voltages across and through each element of the circuit conform to the voltage / current equations governing that element.

He scored the only goal of England's opening game against Romania as England progressed to the quarter finals, where once again they faced West Germany.

The Irish potato famine of the 1840s was caused by a plant disease that reached the Highlands in 1846, where 150, 000 people faced disaster because their food supply was largely potatoes ( with a little herring, oatmeal and milk ).

His army faced very strong resistance in the Afghan tribal areas where he is said to have commented that Afghanistan is " easy to march into, hard to march out of.

Only the Bene Gesserit perceive the Golden Path and are therefore faced with a choice: keep to their traditional role of hidden manipulators who quietly ease tensions and guide human progress while struggling for their own survival, or embrace the Golden Path and push humanity onward into a new future where humans are free from the threat of extinction.

A reason for this was the opposition he faced in Congress, where his rivals prevented him from succeeding.

Under Frey, the Royals rebounded in 1980 and advanced to the ALCS, where they again faced the Yankees.

The film was particularly unsuccessful in the UK, where, unwilling to tour since 1975 because of their tax exile status, Led Zeppelin faced an uphill battle to recapture the public's affection.

BCE, late PPNB ( PPNB récent ) ( 4 ) between 7500 and 7000 BC and a PPNB ( sometimes called PPNC ) transitional stage ( PPNB final ) ( 5 ) where Halaf and dark faced burnished ware begin to emerge between 6900-6400 cal.

In the Central Highlands around Kandy, villagers faced with limited flat land have developed intricately terraced hillsides where they grow rice.

The Fourth Doctor faced the Sontarans in Dragon's Claw ( DWM # 39 -# 45 ), by Steve Moore and Dave Gibbons, where a crew of Sontarans menaced China in 1522 AD.

His son and successor, Antiochus I Soter, was left with an enormous realm consisting of nearly all of the Asian portions of the Empire, but faced with Antigonus II Gonatas in Macedonia and Ptolemy II Philadelphus in Egypt, he proved unable to pick up where his father had left off in conquering the European portions of Alexander's empire.

Dallas then advanced to their fourth consecutive NFC Championship Game where they faced the Green Bay Packers, who had eliminated the San Francisco 49ers in the other NFC Divisional Playoff game.