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Blitzkrieg was not a doctrine, or an operational scheme, or even a tactical system. In fact, it simply doesn't exist, at least not in the way we usually think it does. The Germans never used the term Blitzkrieg in any precise sense, and almost never used it outside of quotations. It simply meant a rapid and decisive victory (lightning war)...
After 1815, the German states were once again reorganized into a loose confederation: the German Confederation, under Austrian leadership. [8] Prussia had been contesting Austria's supremacy in Germany since at least 1850, when a war between the two powers had nearly erupted over Prussia's leadership of the Erfurt Union , though at that time ...
Blitzkrieg (Russian: Блицкриг) is a 2003 real-time tactics video game based on the events of World War II and is the first title in the Blitzkrieg series. The game allows players to assume the role of commanding officer during the battles of World War II that occurred in Europe and North Africa.
Get to know the actual people and events that inspired Steve McQueen's new film "Blitz," now streaming on Apple TV+.
Brauchitsch was born in Berlin on 4 October 1881 as the sixth child of Bernhard von Brauchitsch [], a cavalry general, and his wife, Charlotte Bertha von Gordon. [1] The Brauchitsch family had a long tradition of military service, and like his forefathers, Brauchitsch was raised in the tradition of the Prussian officer corps. [2]
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 destroy airports, railways and stations, roads, and bridges, which resulted in the killing of large numbers of refugees ...
A week later, after a brief rest and refit, the 21st Panzer Division was sent to the Villers-Bocage area south of Bayeux. On 26 July Panzer Lehr's lines were broken, and the 21st Panzer Division reoriented themselves on this new threat. On 31 July General Patton's forces broke through at Avranches into open country. [48]
Adolf Hitler was born on 20 April 1889 in Braunau am Inn, a town in Austria-Hungary (present-day Austria), close to the border with the German Empire. [13] [14] He was the fourth of six children born to Alois Hitler and his third wife, Klara Pölzl. Three of Hitler's siblings—Gustav, Ida, and Otto—died in infancy. [15]