Thus in Prokofieff the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics produced one of the great composers of the Twentieth Century.

Thus, the attack on the Soviet Union ( which together with Germany had partitioned central Europe in 1939 – 1940 ) was not pressed with sufficient strength.

Thus, because of Klaus Fuchs, leaders of the Soviet Union knew the United States was not prepared for a nuclear war at the end of the 1940s, or even in the early 1950s.

Thus the capture of Atlanta, coming when it did, may have been Sherman's greatest contribution to the Union cause.

Thus, he opined that " the German government declared itself ready for friendly relations with the Soviet Union, whereas the English-French war bloc desires a war against the socialist Soviet Union.

Thus, faced with the increasing lack of democracy in the Soviet Union, they concluded that it was no longer a socialist workers ' state, but a degenerated workers ' state.

Thus, Internet access across the European Union is relatively open because of the laws forbidding discrimination based on nationality, but the fact of publication in, say, France, limits the target market to those who read French.

Thus, there are a number of bilateral Dutch-Flemish international institutions, such as the Dutch Language Union or the institutions for the control of the river Scheldt, in which only Flanders takes part.

Thus, what might have been another celebration of the Union victory became a memorial to the war dead on both sides.

Thus the cooperation begun in late 1940 ultimately developed in 1941 into preparations for re-annexation of the territories lost after the Winter War, in case Nazi Germany would realize the rumoured plans for an assault on the Soviet Union.

Thus the unification of the four provinces in the Union of South Africa, the idea of the British Commonwealth of Nations, and, finally, the great whole resulting from the combination of the peoples of the earth in a great league of nations were but a logical progression consistent with his philosophical tenets.

Thus the Eurocommunists of the Italian and French communist parties are considered to be nationalist movements, who together with the Soviet Union abandoned internationalism.

Thus, in 1999, the federal government and all provincial governments except Quebec's agreed to the Social Union Framework Agreement, which promoted common standards for social programs across Canada.

Thus in the European Union, " Parmigiano-Reggiano " is a protected designation of origin ( PDO ); legally, the name refers exclusively to the Parmigiano-Reggiano PDO cheese manufactured in a limited area in northern Italy.

Thus, the VDCS in an independent entity managed locally by the milk producers and assisted by the District Milk Union.

Thus the OB opposed South African participation in the war, even after the Union declared war in support of Britain in September 1939.

Thus Uxxx referred to the Soviet Union with the second letter denoting the specific region within it, and so forth.

Thus, from the early 1950s to the early 1970s, the Soviet Union inexpensively supplied its East European clients with hard goods in exchange for finished machinery and equipment.

Thus Kentucky's neutral status evolved into backing the Union.

Thus, Stalin assumed that the Americans would need to look to the Soviet Union, to maintain the same level of exports and state expenditures.

Thus, the Soviet Union acquired the capability to neutralise NATO's tactical nuclear forces with surgical nuclear strikes.

Thus there are Portuguese footprints all over the western and eastern coasts of India, though Goa became the capital of Portuguese Goa from 1530 onwards until the annexation of Goa proper and the entire Estado da Índia Portuguesa, and its merger with the Indian Union in 1961.

Thus, Japan wished to defeat China and conclude the war as soon as possible, to avoid disrupting its plans against the Soviet Union.

Thus, despite long exposure to the Russian language and culture, as well as to Sovietization, at the end of the Soviet era non-Russians were on the verge of becoming a majority of the population in the Soviet Union.

Thus the only concentration of troops in Conakry appeared to be the armoured battalion, with a modest number of Soviet medium tanks manufactured in the late 1940s, as well as Soviet APCs, and elements of the engineer battalion.

Thus, in 260 BC, a body of Roman troops were encamped in the neighborhood, when they were attacked by Hamilcar, and defeated with heavy loss.

Thus, ' Abd-al-Raḥmân recalled all his troops, which did give him an even larger army — but it also gave Charles time for more of his veteran infantry to arrive from outposts of the Kingdom.

Thus, Soviet troops found themselves drawn into fighting against urban uprisings, tribal armies ( called lashkar ), and sometimes against mutinying Afghan Army units.

Thus he developed and strongly supported " Vietnamization ", a program intended to expand, equip, and train South Vietnam's forces and assign to them an ever-increasing combat role, at the same time steadily reducing the number of U. S. combat troops.

Thus, the arrival of the 4th Parachute Brigade under Brigadier Hackett and several more troops of artillery at the drop zones was several hours overdue.

Thus, on 25 July 1261, with most of the Latin troops away on campaign, the Nicaean general Alexios Strategopoulos found an unguarded entrance to the city, and entered it with his troops, restoring the Byzantine Empire for his master, Michael VIII Palaiologos.

Thus it is often somewhat difficult to tell whether the material refers to the use of cloth flags in battle or a unit of troops.

Thus patriotic support of the troops becomes a form of support for the war in general.

Thus, Chiang had sent a large number of troops into positions in which they could neither defend properly, without the combined support of the army, nor defend with any real purpose, setting the stage for the last great struggle of the Warlord Era.

Thus he deployed the young general off with merely a thousand odd troops and a tiny cavalry force.

Thus, Syria would not officially be opening hostilities against the British troops, who still bore responsibility for security in Palestine.

Thus the small number of available troops did not permit the establishment of a field army.

Thus, by the spring of 410 BC, Mindarus had built a fleet of eighty ships, and with the support of Pharnabazus's troops, besieged and took the city of Cyzicus.

Thus in total around 900, 000 French troops were opposed in all theatres by somewhere around a million Allied troops ( not including the strategic reserve being formed in Germany ).

Thus, at the beginning of 43 BC, Decimus Brutus hurried to Gallia Cisalpina, the province assigned to him as pro-praetor, and started to levy his own troops.

Thus, he reasoned, it would be easy for him to take five thousand troops ( plus another five thousand to carry supplies ) across the Qin Mountains via the Ziwu Valley and into Chang ' an.

Thus, the deaths of Ögedei and Möngke in 1241 and 1259, respectively, necessitated the withdrawal of Mongol leaders ( and troops ) from the outskirts of Vienna and Venice ( in 1241 ) and from Syria ( in 1259 ), hamstringing military operations against the Austrians and Mamluks that might otherwise have continued.

Thus warned, Turner detached all usable combat ships to protect the troops ashore from the expected Japanese naval attack and troop landing and ordered the supply ships at Guadalcanal to depart by the early evening of 12 November.

Thus, troops were rotated between the front line and the rear, analogous to the operation of a " noria ", a type of water wheel that transports water.

Thus, a stalemate in the battle for Guadalcanal developed, with the Allies delivering supplies and reinforcements to Guadalcanal during the day, and the Japanese delivering supplies and reinforcements by warship ( called the " Tokyo Express " by the Allies ) at night with neither side able to deliver enough troops to the island to secure a decisive advantage.

Thus, it reconstructed Grimlock and his troops into dinosaur forms, in order to battle Shockwave.

Thus it was initially unprepared to provide CAS, and in fact, had to be dragged " kicking and screaming " into the CAS function with the ground troops.