The plan was to crush communism and to attack the red army from 3 sides and trap them so they have no choice but to go down.
Figurative is something that shouldn't be taking literally. For example, when you say "I have a ton of homework" you don't really mean you have 2000 pounds of homework.
Samuel Adams was an American politician born in Boston, Massachusetts, who always showed his patriotism fighting against the authoritarian policy of England, and seeking independence of the American colony, Adams wrote fourteen resolutions to present them to the British governor in which included the recognition of the equality of rights for the American colonists and exclusivity to choose the organisms of the colonies, among others, thanks to his constant fight and great sense of patriotism the independence of America was achieved.
That would be america should become an independent country, if youve read it all he talks about in it is independence from britain