He and Natalia had two children, both of whom died, probably of hunger, during the months of Soviet retreat.

Because of the Soviet retreat, she was scuttled on 18 September 1941 near Kiev.

The tanks were relocated again in August the same year when they were used to cover the Soviet retreat from Tallinn.

Due to a chaotic Soviet retreat, the Germans were able to advance rapidly, restoring Wehrmacht's confidence for the upcoming major offensive.

General Gromov is an Army officer widely respected for executing an orderly Soviet retreat from the Afghanistan war.

The result was a Soviet retreat in 1989 followed, to our current sorrow, by the rise of the Taliban and Osama bin Laden.

Indeed, a Soviet retreat from the savage war in Afghanistan would open a new chapter in the history of the cold war.

Again, he was helped by the Soviet retreat and withdrawal of aid from its clients.

But he said this should be a mutual withdrawal negotiated with the West, rather than a Soviet retreat from the territory of its allies.

With the Soviet retreat in 1989, the holy warriors had won their country back, if only to fight over it themselves.