Polybius sets the number at 16,000 and 20,000 allies, "this being the strength of their complete army for decisive operations, when the consuls chance to be united."

One bastion of the carbine which is unlikely to be unseated is the special forces of the world which need to perform fast, decisive operations.

There was continual patrol activity and low-key fighting south of Imphal, but neither army possessed the resources to mount decisive operations.

This would be one of the most decisive operations in the Spanish Civil War.

It requires accepting prudent risk in selected areas to achieve superiority - overwhelming effects - in the decisive operation.

There was no longer a possibility of a decisive operation in Flanders, still less the seizure of Zeebrugge and Ostend.

"I must have immediate and decisive operations," Jilinsky telegraphed three days later.

These operations will either be the decisive or shaping operation depending on the political sensitivity of the target country.

Pointing out that there was only enough time left before winter to conduct a single decisive operation against Moscow.

The invasion was a quick and decisive operation encountering major resistance, though not what the U.S., British and other forces expected.