युद्ध-पूर्व (en. Prewar)

The prewar police service was low in repression priority and was professional.

Critics and commentators have generally acknowledged that A Handful of Dust stands apart from Waugh's other prewar fiction.

Then there’s the Abbey itself, a mellow pile with Tudor wings and Georgian frontages and a stately drawing room whose eccentric trompe l’oeil decor - all painted swags and smoking stoves sketched in grisaille - was created by the English prewar artist, Rex Whistler.

The rationale and misrepresentation of U.S. prewar intelligence faced heavy criticism both domestically and internationally, with President Bush declining from his record-high approval ratings following 9/11 to become one of the most unpopular presidents in U.S. history.

In fact, militarism and international tensions grew considerably between 1897 and 1914, and the immediate prewar years were marked by a general armaments competition in Europe.

Zhukov liberated Warsaw on January 17, 1945, and Konev reached the prewar German border a week after the offensive's start.