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Blitzkrieg means "lightning war". Blitzkrieg was first used by the Germans in World War Two and was a tactic based on speed and surprise and needed a military force to be based around light tank units supported by planes and infantry (foot soldiers). The tactic was developed in Germany by an army officer called Hans Guderian.
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∙ 14y agoBlitzkrieg , as the German Wehrmacht referred to this novel approach to warfare .
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∙ 15y ago"Lightning war" in German would be "blitzkrieg". See the question "What is lightning war?" if you want to know more.
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∙ 13y agoLightning War was a nickname given to the way the Germans fought. They fought in such a way that battles with them did not last long, thus the term lightning war.
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∙ 11y agoBlitzkrieg. Blitzen is German for lightening, and Krieg means war.
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