The 9th Division fought in the North African campaign under Major General Leslie Morshead and distinguished itself first at the Battle of Tobruk, where it became the first Allied unit to resist German Blitzkrieg tactics.

Blitzkrieg ( German, " lightning war "; ) is an anglicised word describing all-motorised force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery, combat engineers and air power, concentrating overwhelming force at high speed to break through enemy lines, and, once the lines are broken, proceeding without regard to its flank.

Blitzkrieg is very vulnerable to an enemy that puts a great emphasis on anti-tank warfare and on anti-aircraft weaponry, especially if the side employing blitzkrieg is unprepared.

Thus, " the image of the German ' Blitzkrieg ' army is a figment of propaganda imagination ".

It also is suggested by some historians that this gave rise to the expression " Poena Infinita ", used during the second World War to explain some of the issues created by the Blitzkrieg forces, specifically caused by raids of Sd. Kfz 221 Scout Cars, which came to become known as " Poena Infinita " themselves.

His management of the Battle of Megiddo in particular, with its brilliant use of aeroplanes, infantry, and mobile cavalry, is considered by many to be a precursor to the Blitzkrieg tactics so widely employed by Germany during the Second World War.

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.

Its mobility is considered comparable to the German Blitzkrieg and many hold it to be an evolution of that tactic.

In the ' Squadron ', it is learned he was killed by the Nazi supervillain Baron Blitzkrieg while saving the lives of Hourman and other allies.

* Stellungskrieg — static warfare, contrary to Blitzkrieg, if neither of the conflict parties is able to overcome the defense with offensive operations, the result is an Abnützungskrieg.

Blitzkrieg () is a real-time tactics computer game based on the events of World War II.

Initial details are few and far between but, as the project is being produced in conjunction with the head of the original Blitzkrieg team, it is likely to be more than a standard expansion or stand-alone title.

The name of the play is taken from Blitzkrieg, the German strategy of " Lightning War " during World War II, and like the Blitzkrieg, is a concentration of force at high speed to break through to the opposition line, and proceed without regard to the flanks.

The club's theme, sung before every game, is Take Me Home, Country Roads, while during the game altered lyrics are sung to the tunes of The Lambrusco Kid by the Toy Dolls, Blitzkrieg Bop, and other songs by KISS and Twisted Sister.

Blitzkrieg is perhaps the most famous example of maneuver warfare and derived in part from the theories of many, perhaps including British officer J. F. C.

: It is now May 1940 and the German Blitzkrieg has begun with the invasion of France and Belgium.

*' Sticky ' Stickwell has a prior history of mental illness and before the Blitzkrieg he is transferred from Hornet Squadron by order of Squadron Leader Rex for attacking enemy territory without orders.

This type of attack pattern is centerpiece to Blitzkrieg operations.

Bazooka Blitzkrieg ( Destructive in Japan ) is a video game software released for the Super NES which makes use of the Super Scope light gun.

1989 saw the release of Blue Cheer's first official live album, Blitzkrieg over Nüremberg.

There are three official expansions of the original Blitzkrieg to date, all three developed by La Plata Studios ( Germany ), in collaboration with Nival Interactive, the developer of the original Blitzkrieg game.

The German doctrine was to use these to exploit breakthroughs in Blitzkrieg offensives, the French envisaged them being used to shift reserves rapidly in a defensive battle.

While the German Blitzkrieg doctrine called for combined-arms action, which required fire support for armoured units, during the invasion of Poland and France this was provided by the Luftwaffe using Stuka dive-bombers effectively acting as artillery.

Liddell Hart also stated that study of Sherman's campaigns had contributed significantly to his own " theory of strategy and tactics in mechanized warfare ", which had in turn influenced Heinz Guderian's doctrine of Blitzkrieg and Rommel's use of tanks during the Second World War.

While Germany, and to some degree the Western Allies, adopted Blitzkrieg ideas, they were not much used by the Red Army which developed its armoured warfare doctrine based on deep operations.

Long after his death, the German General Staff officers of the Interwar and World War II period, particularly General Hans von Seeckt, recognized an intellectual debt to Schlieffen theories during the development of the Blitzkrieg doctrine.

The doctrine of the German armed forces was Blitzkrieg – " lightning war " – very modern, geared solely for fast-paced attack, while the doctrines of the defenders were hopelessly out of date and based heavily on the events of the 1914 – 1918 war, even if Hitler had allegedly said years earlier that the next war would be very different from the last.

James Corum states that a prevalent view about the Luftwaffe and its Blitzkrieg operations was that it had a doctrine of terror bombing, in which civilians were deliberately targeted in order to break the will or aid the collapse of an enemy.

His least appreciated but arguably most important work was the development of the doctrine of Fire and Infiltration, the basis of Blitzkrieg.

This swift attack, or Blitzkrieg, ( Lightning War ) was a devastating military operational doctrine, developed by Germans between the World Wars.

The superior tactical and operational doctrine combined with an appropriate strategic implementation enabled the Germans in 1940 to defeat forces quantitatively superior in armour, infantry and artillery during their campaign in France ; but just when Blitzkrieg was made a deliberate doctrine, in 1941, it ultimately failed on the eastern front, though attaining at first spectacular successes.

* War of manoeuvre, the doctrine behind Blitzkrieg, also known as Bewegungskrieg.

On the defensive front, U. S. doctrine was based on two needs: the ability to defeat Blitzkrieg tactics ; and how to deal with large numbers of German tanks attacking relatively narrow areas.

The British historians Alan S. Milward and W. Medicott show that Nazi Germany — unlike Imperial Germany — was prepared only for a short war ( Blitzkrieg ).

The innovative German Major ( later General ) Heinz Guderian developed the motorised part of this strategy as the head of one of the Truppenamt groups and may have incorporated Fuller's and Liddell Hart's ideas to amplify the groundbreaking Blitzkrieg effect that was seen used by Germany against Poland in 1939 and later against France in 1940.

Of course this hurry-up-and-wait was exactly what the Blitzkrieg was attempting to avoid, by moving so quickly the enemy forces would not have any time to organize a defense.

Suvorov points to German lack of gasoline in Summer 1941 and the lack of strategic bombers which would have been necessary to destroy Soviet military industry beyond the Urals even if the initial Blitzkrieg plan had succeeded.

It did not prevent the German army from conquering Poland in a matter of weeks with its innovative Blitzkrieg tactics and helped by the Soviet Union's attack on Poland.

Multi-turreted, heavy and slow, they did not fit in with the Blitzkrieg tactics and therefore only five were made.

Brian Dick and Rocky were unable to join the band, but the Tygers ( now Jess Cox and Robb Weir, backed up by Blitzkrieg guitarist Glenn S Howes, bassist Gavin Gray, and drummer Chris Percy ) did perform.

Squadrons 15 and 40 converted from Battles to Bristol Blenheim bombers, but did not take part in bombing raids with the new type until the German Blitzkrieg was unleashed in May 1940.