2007-02-13 14:29:13 · 9 answers · asked by MARIA A 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
This word 'blitzkrieg' is two German words 'blitz' (lightning) and 'krieg' (war). So together you have - 'lightning war'. Since the Germans used a lot more vehicles (tanks, armoured cars) in WW II, the soldiers and tanks moved faster than in previous wars - almost as fast as lightning. The word 'blitzkrieg' only came into the English lexicon during and after the Second World War. Today the expression 'shock and awe' is used. If you have any other questions concerning the Second World War, please ask.
2007-02-13 14:52:55 · answer #1 · answered by WMD 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Blitzkrieg was a high speed tank attack launched on Poland by Germany in 1939. This event began world war II and was used by the Germans throughout that war.
2007-02-13 14:37:41 · answer #2 · answered by bumpocooper 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What you want is "Blitzkreig" it is a German compound word expression used as a military buzz word to describe the mechanized war fighting championed by the German Army to describe a combination of armoured columns, aircraft, moving very fast across a country, making it difficult for the defenders who fought with static world war 1 type formation to resist. making such an attack across the border as the invasion of Poland by the Germans at the start of the war. It means lightning war.
2007-02-13 14:45:07 · answer #3 · answered by colinchief 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
blitzkreig - a high speed attack using aircraft, tanks and motorized infantry to overwhelm those being attacked before they can launch a defense. The German's used it in Poland and in invading the Low Countries and France. It worked especially well as Poland still had its army mounted on horses with horse drawn artillery and the Low Countries assumed their neutrality would protect them.
2007-02-13 14:36:06 · answer #4 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i do not study the the front room, yet a German bomber grow to be suggested as a German bomber quite than a bombing plane. The dive bomber grow to be a Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, the medium bombers were specifically Heinkel He 111s and Dornier Do 17s, and the heavy bombers, at the same time as they ultimately began to roll off the production strains, were products of the important German plane manufacturers Heinkel, Junkers, Dornier, Messerschmitt, and Focke-Wulf. See the link decrease than for more beneficial assistance.
2016-12-04 03:51:32 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a region in France that was fought over by German pastry chefs. They forced the noble French chefs to reveal the recipe for cheese blintzes. They bastardized the name to blitz and claimed it as their own invention.
2007-02-13 15:21:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The term is "blitzkreig" meaning "lightning war"...it is a philosophy of striking hard and fast, one followed by Hitler.
2007-02-13 15:30:27 · answer #7 · answered by Gary E 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh for Heaven's sake. Don't you think you should open a book now and then?
2007-02-13 15:48:02 · answer #8 · answered by Konswayla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is spelled Blitzkrieg- look it up and learn something. You need to do your own homework.
2007-02-13 14:34:11 · answer #9 · answered by Country girl 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋