* Harris, J. P. " The Myth of Blitzkrieg " in War in History, Volume 2, No. ( 1995 )

( 2003 ) The Blitzkrieg Myth, Harper Collins Publishers Inc .. ISBN 0-06-000976-4

These books The Myth of the Great War: A New Military History of World War I and The Blitzkrieg Myth: How Hitler and the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities of World War II.

In The Blitzkrieg Myth, Mosier argues that the supposedly revolutionary concept of blitzkrieg has been overrated and that most of the victories on both sides were the result of conventional military tactics.

* < cite > The Blitzkrieg Myth: How Hitler and the Allies Misread the Strategic Realities of World War II </ cite >, John Mosier, HarperCollins, 2003, hardcover, 400 pages, ISBN 0-06-000976-4

* Mosier, John ( 2003 ) The Blitzkrieg Myth.

The line-up was completed for early performances by Nigel Trenchard ( keyboards ) and Cog ( drums ), but these were soon replaced by former Blitzkrieg Bop members John Hodgson ( keyboards ) and Alan Cornforth ( drums ).

In contrast, Germany started the war under the concept of Blitzkrieg.

Using it as " aerial artillery " solved a major problem in the concept of Blitzkrieg — how to attack dug-in defensive positions.

The German " concept of annihilation " ( Vernichtungsgedanke ) that later evolved into the Blitzkrieg (" lightning war ") provided for rapid advance of Panzer ( armoured ) divisions, dive bombing ( to break up troop concentrations ), and aerial bombing of undefended cities to sap civilian morale.

In 1974, as Deputy Commander of Operations / III Corps, assistant to General Pham Quoc Thuan, Hiếu applied Blitzkrieg ( lightning war ) tactic to alleviate the pressure exerted by 5th Division NVA originating from Svay Rieng Province in the Parrot's Beak area inside Kampuchea territory aiming at Đức Huệ base camp.

The development of the armoured tank and improved infantry tactics at the end of World War I swung the pendulum back in favour of maneuver, and with the advent of Blitzkrieg in 1939, the end of traditional siege warfare was at hand.

* Panzerkampfwagen ( military ) – " armoured fighting vehicle " = tank ; not specific to Third Reich, but listed here for its centrality to Blitzkrieg.

The lessons of Blitzkrieg, first employed by the Germans and eventually adopted by other nations, found their best expression in formations of mutually-supporting medium tanks and motorised infantry.

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

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.

Using the Blitzkrieg, Guderian, Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist and other field commanders such as Rommel broke the hiatus of the Phoney War in a manner almost outside the comprehension of the Allied — and, indeed, the German — High Command.

After the first shock liu following the Blitzkrieg, people slowly started to get organized, both locally and on a larger scale, especially when Jews and other groups were starting to be deported and used for the Arbeitseinsatz ( forced labor for the Germans ).

The concepts of Blitzkrieg form the basis of present-day armoured warfare.

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.

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.

* Part I Blitzkrieg September 1, 1939: a new kind of warfare engulfs Poland, TIME, Monday, August 28, 1989

Blitzkrieg had, indeed, brought a rapid victory for the Germans, a far cry from the four years of " mud-and-blood " trench warfare that had raged during the previous war, yet even the Germans were feeling the pinch: Albert Kesselring, who would soon be promoted to the rank of Generalfeldmarschall, reflected that the Luftwaffe ’ s effectiveness had been reduced to almost 30 percent of what it had been before the invasion of France.

" Thus, Germany expected another short Blitzkrieg and made no serious preparations for prolonged warfare.

* 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.

The Nazi Blitzkrieg approach to warfare quickly dominated the Western Front, but Yeryomenko motivated the remaining troops, and halted the German offensive just outside of Smolensk.

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.

Consistent with Blitzkrieg warfare, German forces attacked Norway by sea and air as Operation Weserübung was put into action.

The Blitzkrieg of the Second World War truly showed that fixed fortifications are easily defeated by maneuver instead of frontal assault or long sieges.

Blitzkrieg style tactics were used by several nations throughout World War II, predominantly by the Germans in the invasion of Poland, Western Europe and the Soviet Union.

The German word Blitzkrieg, which means " lightning war ", was a major offensive strategy of the German army during World War II.

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.

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.

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.

The speed advantages of motorised infantry first became important in World War II in the German Blitzkrieg.

They mostly won those battles, bringing forth a doctrinal evolution during the Second World War which included the methodology now known as Blitzkrieg.

The Second World War made a big impression on him as the city of Nantes fell victim to the German Blitzkrieg, became a port for the German navy and was bombarded by British and American planes.

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

Blitzkrieg centers on 3 distinctive campaigns which features some of the major factions battling it out in World War II.

* Blitzkrieg: Rolling Thunder traces the career of General George S. Patton during World War II ranging from the deserts of North Africa to the snowy forests of the Ardennes.

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.

Like Soldiers: Heroes of World War II and, to a lesser extent, Blitzkrieg, Codename: Panzers focuses on managing groups of troops, tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery and destroying the enemy or capturing objectives.

While the Wehrmacht developed from this the operations named Blitzkrieg, in the USSR this led to the creation of the Cavalry Mechanised Groups during the Second World War, and the Operational maneuver groups during the Cold War.

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

The Regiment later took part in the Megiddo Offensive – the World War I equivalent of the German Blitzkrieg during World War II – and took part in the attempts to capture Nablus.

Blitzkrieg Commander contains a collection of army lists, allowing players to fight any engagement of the Spanish Civil War or Second World War.