Blitzkreig literally means "Lightning War", and it is the popular term for a military strategy used by the Germans in WWII.
Blitzkreig tactics included bombing the target, and then quickly following with large mobile artillery, surprising the enemy and keeping them from putting up a worthwhile defense.
The only other major uses of Blitzkreig are a few bands, a few songs, a few games, and some comic book references.
The German bombing of London known as "the Blitz" was known in Germany as "die Luftschlacht um England" (the war over Great Britain - historically (and even still to this day) many Germans refer to the UK/Great Britain as "England")
The anglicized term "Blitz" was derived from the German "Blitzkrieg" meaning "lightning war", which was the strategy and success of the seemingly unstoppable German war machine at the time.
Blitzkrieg means lightning war in English. It is called Blitzkrieg because it was a fast and extremely effective method of warfare.
The German word blitzkrieg means "lightning war."
This literally means "lightning war".
World War 2, blitz is short for "blitzkreig"
blitz
The word Blitz comes from the German word blitzkrieg, or "lightning war".
Blitz is the German word for Lightning: Blitzkrieg being Lightning War.
Blitz is the German word for lightning. Made famous during World War 2 by Adolph Hitler. He coined the phrase Blitz Kreig, which means Lightning War.
The name blitz came from the word blitzkrieg which was the German way of saying lighting war. So the word blitz comes from lighting war.
The word Blitz is the German word meaning lighting. The correct term for what many call the blitz is the Blitzkrieg, which means lighting war. The Blitzkreig is the war stratagy used by the Germans to invade enemy countries during World War 2
Blitz is an abbreviation for Blitzkrieg witch translates (from German to English) to lighting war
Blitz is derived from, or a shortened form of the German word Blitzkrieg, which means lightening. Blitz became a common place word in the English speaking world during World War Two when it was used to describe the quick, coordinated, and destructive air raids by German forces. It is common now to use the term to describe football plays and advertising tactics.
Lightning The German blitz in World War 2 referred to the speed at which the attack took place.
blitzkrieg German for "lightening war"
The Blitz refers to German bombing raids on cities during WW2