n.
A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces.
[German : Blitz, lightning (from Middle High German blitze , from bliczen, to flash , from Old High German blekkazzen) + Krieg, war (from Middle High German kriec , from Old High German krēg, stubbornness).]
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