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Another relatively early use of the term in a German-language work was in a book by Fritz Sternberg, a Jewish Marxist political economist who was a refugee from the Third Reich.

Entitled Die Deutsche Kriegsstärke ( German War Strength ), it was published in Paris in 1939.

It had been preceded by an English-language edition of 1938 called Germany and a Lightning War.

The German edition uses the term blitzkrieg.

The book ’ s argument is that Germany is not prepared economically for a long war but might win a lightning war.

It does not treat in any detail operational and tactical matters, and does not suggest that the German armed forces have evolved a radically new operational method.

It offers scant clues as to how German lightning victories might be won.