The word, meaning " lightning war ", in its strategic means is associated with a series of quick and decisive short battles to deliver a knockout blow to an enemy state before it could fully mobilize.

In 19th century Europe, the length of civil wars fell significantly, largely due to the nature of the conflicts as battles for the power center of the state, the strength of centralized governments, and the normally quick and decisive intervention by other states to support the government.

The quick and decisive defeat of the Arab troops during the Six-Day War by Israeli troops constituted a pivotal event in the Arab Muslim world.

The deep battle doctrine relies upon aviation and armor advances in the hope that maneuver warfare offers quick, efficient, and decisive victory.

" Although he hoped for a quick, decisive battle, Grant was prepared to fight a war of attrition.

" Although he hoped for a quick, decisive battle, Grant was prepared to fight a war of attrition.

In those games, making decisive pushes, quick moves for cover, strategic retreats, and last ditch grabs at the gold are not only important to success, but balanced in such a way that they become enjoyable activities in play.

While Shastri preferred peace with Pakistan, writing to a friend after the Indo-Pakistani War in 1965 that the problems between both countries should be settled amicably, he had previously displayed a knack for taking quick and decisive actions during the war.

The Spanish-American War was a short decisive war marked by quick, overwhelming American victories at sea and on land against Spain.

The United States Ambassador to Laos, Winthrop G. Brown, responded to General Phoumi by stating that the United States supported a restoration of peace “ through quick and decisive action .”

They concluded that the Saigon government and the U. S. presence were so unpopular with the population of the South that a broad-based attack would spark a spontaneous uprising of the population, which, if the offensive was successful, would enable the communists to sweep to a quick, decisive victory.

This was the last and decisive battle that was necessary for a quick end of the war, even though it is speculated that the fortress would have fallen eventually due to starvation.

The Jassy – Kishinev Offensive, launched on 20 August 1944, resulted in a quick and decisive Soviet breakthrough, collapsing the German-Romanian front in the region.

In the early days of the Civil War, Wool's quick and decisive moves secured Fort Monroe, Virginia, for the Union.

A quick decisive victory in Yemen could help him recover leadership of the Arab world.

He had been appointed to this post to quell the Boxer Uprising in the province and to reassure the foreign diplomats in the country who were looking for quick decisive actions against the boxers.

Also, the encirclement and annihilation of the Austrian infantry and the quick and decisive manner in which this battle played out is also often likened to Bewegungskrieg, or more commonly known as Blitzkrieg.

After a quick and decisive campaign, his forces defeated the caudillos that opposed the government.

" Napoleon often attempted to wage decisive, quick campaigns so that he could allow his men to live off the land.

His intention of engaging the British Royal Navy in a quick, decisive battle was not supported by the German admiralty.

" Although he hoped for a quick, decisive battle, Grant was prepared to fight a war of attrition.

Due to his appointment as Georgia ’ s Representative to the UN during the 2008 conflict between Georgia and Russia over South Ossetia, Alasania was the Georgian government ’ s key negotiator with the UN Security Council and voiced the need for quick and decisive UN and international pressure on Russia to end the conflict.

But the meltdown was quick and decisive, with Schumer's ads relentlessly driving the message of D ' Amato's dishonesty and dislikeability.

The bloody battle was decisive and quick.

Bavaria was knocked out of the war, and Louis's hopes for a quick victory came to an end.

The term blitzkrieg is here employed with reference to Germany ’ s efforts to win a quick victory in the First World War and is not associated with the use of armoured or mechanised forces or with airpower.

In the west, Germany sought a quick victory by encircling Paris using the Schlieffen Plan.

The IRA agreed to a ceasefire in February 1975, which lasted nearly a year before the IRA concluded that the British were drawing them into politics without offering any guarantees in relation to the IRA's goals, and hopes of a quick victory receded.

The quick German victory over the French stunned neutral observers, many of whom had expected a French victory and most of whom had expected, at the very least, a prolonged conflict.

In Enemy Lines: Rebel Dream, Calrissian leads the ground troops to a quick victory, then volunteers to lead a small task force to destroy Vong ambushes of convoys and find out how they tracked said convoys.

Despite the extent of Israel's quick military gains, for the first four days the general population in the Arab states believed the fabrications of Arab radio stations which claimed an Arab victory was near.

:— Spanish-American War ; " splendid little war " with American quick victory

He is able to lead his squad to victory and other squads are quick to add Ender's tactics to their own.

North Vietnamese leaders debated the issue of " quick victory " vs " protracted war " ( guerrilla warfare ).

Other cities of the north Italian plain, recognizing Constantine's quick and clement victories, sent him embassies of congratulation for his victory.

He optimistically speculated that a first round victory might be within his grasp but still urged his supporters to wait for the results of the quick count.

Team-based tactics are emphasized more than other shooter games, and thus accurate aiming and quick reflexes are not always sufficient for victory.

Although they started with a shaky 4 – 3 victory over scoring a last minute penalty, having led 3 – 1 at half-time only for Egypt to pull level with two quick goals at the start of the second half.

His score of nought in the second innings at Melbourne in 1991, when England were chasing quick runs for victory, ended his world record, unbroken sequence, of 119 Test innings without registering a duck.

Abercrombie, confident of a quick victory, ignored several viable military options, such as flanking the French breastworks, waiting for his artillery, or laying siege to the fort.

The Russian attack, although unsuccessful, had denied the allies any attempt at gaining a quick victory in the Siege of Sevastopol and condemned the allied armies to two terrible winters on the heights.

" This was a remarkable admission so early in the Russian campaign, and it showed that Rundstedt was already well aware of how unrealistic the German belief in a quick victory had been.

The U. S. sought a quick victory focused on capturing the Confederate capital at Richmond, Virginia.

The German defeat and subsequent retreat ended any hopes of a quick victory for Germany in the West.

The champion had not taken Douglas seriously, expecting another quick and easy knockout victory.

The inconclusive result of the Battle of Edgehill prevented either faction gaining a quick victory in the war, which eventually lasted four years.

Mounting tensions effectively tore the League apart, and the Second Balkan War broke out when Bulgaria, confident of a quick victory, attacked her former allies Serbia and Greece.