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The term was first used in the publications of Ferdinand Otto Miksche, first in the magazine "Army Quarterly", [g] and in his 1941 book Blitzkrieg, in which he defined the concept. [21] In September 1939, Time magazine termed the German military action as a "war of quick penetration and obliteration – Blitzkrieg, lightning war". [22]
The book explains Adolf Hitler's victory in 1940 in the Western Campaign. Deighton points out that Allies had far greater resources than the Germans. Deighton considers Hitler's military skills astonishing considering his background and complete lack of training (p. 52).
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Get to know the actual people and events that inspired Steve McQueen's new film "Blitz," now streaming on Apple TV+.
In the first nine days of the Campaign Armée de l'air losses exceeded those of the other Allied air forces, losing 420 aircraft to all causes. The RAF would lose 203, including 128 on the ground. [22] During the Blitzkrieg operations of Fall Gelb and Fall Rot, as in Poland, it was the Stuka that stood out.
This is a list of wars involving Germany from 962. It includes the Holy Roman Empire, Confederation of the Rhine, the German Confederation, the North German Confederation, the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, Nazi Germany, the German Democratic Republic (DDR, "East Germany") and the present Federal Republic of Germany (BRD, until German reunification in 1990 known as "West Germany").
A blitzkrieg, or “lightning war,” was a series of short, powerfu military attacks intended to bring about a swift victory used by Adolf Hitler’s Nazi forces in World War II.
The Navy did a similar film called The 3-Point System which trained servicemen how to identify U.S. cruisers. [23] Rules of the Nautical Road was a naval training film geared towards officers that recreated a historical catastrophe, which was meant to encourage officers to study nautical rules and principles. [24]