In early 1942, the Soviets began a series of offensives labelled "Stalin's First Strategic Offensives". Iraq War against Iraqi forces during its offensives against Iraq. Throughout the Soviet offensives, 111,114 casualties were suffered. During the two Soviet offensives, total casualties amounted to 685,456 men. Offensives involving German aircraft, as well as the bombings, were unsuccessful. All the major strategic military offensives of the Axis and their collaborators were ultimately thwarted. In Spring 1945 the Chinese launched offensives that retook Hunan and Guangxi. The dictatorship expanded the army and launched a series of major offensives against the KNLA. As a result of these failed offensives, Red Army formations defending Moscow were seriously weakened. F2s, armed with the L/43 gun, which he deployed to spearhead his armored offensives. This gave the Germans further time to prepare for the upcoming Allied offensives. The Allies expected to have against divisions, for the co-ordinated offensives. The Soviets mounted a series of offensives against the Panjshir. With no imminent further Soviet offensives, Finland sought to leave the war. Moreover, French villages and forts were not always sufficient to protect from enemy offensives.