spasmodic+effort
71hard — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, Philistine, about, absolute, abstruse, accented, acerb, acerbic, acrid, acrimonious, actively, acute, adamant, adamantine, addictive, adverse, afflictive, agonizing, agonizingly, alcoholic, all but, almost,… …
72untiring — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. tireless, indefatigable, unwearied, unremitting, unrelaxing. See resolution. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. inexhaustible, indefatigable, powerful, unremitting, persevering, strong, unintermitted,… …
73Partisan Warfare, Soviet — In the 1930s, the Soviet Union made preparations to conduct partisan warfare, but Joseph Stalin, who had promised the Soviet people that war would be fought on the enemy’s territory, cancelled plans in 1937–1938 and had a number of experts… …
