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Blitzkrieg [a] is a word used to describe a combined arms surprise attack, using a rapid, overwhelming force concentration that may consist of armored and motorized or mechanized infantry formations, together with artillery, air assault, and close air support.
When World War II began, many German officers, including General Heinz Guderian, combined elements of infiltration tactics with tanks, which evolved into the methodology called "Bewegungskrieg" (literally: "War of movement") and was later dubbed Blitzkrieg by propagandists of both sides.
Raid on Hammelburg; Part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany in the Western Front of the European theatre of World War II: An M4 medium tank of the 47th Tank Bn., 14th Armored Division crashes into the prison compound at Oflag XIII-B, 6 April 1945 - two weeks after the failed Task Force Baum raid.
Get to know the actual people and events that inspired Steve McQueen's new film "Blitz," now streaming on Apple TV+.
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 ...
Had Eisenhower postponed the invasion again, the next available period with the right combination of tides (but without the desirable full moon) was two weeks later, from 18 to 20 June. As it happened, during this period the invaders would have encountered a major storm lasting four days, between 19 and 22 June, that would have made the initial ...
They were interrogated and tortured for weeks. On 5 January 1945 the four women were publicly hanged in Auschwitz. [3] Other sources give 6 January as the date of the execution. [4] [5] This was the last public hanging at Auschwitz: [4] two weeks later, the camp was evacuated.
He published an account of the German war against France, denouncing the Blitzkrieg myth, which was translated into several languages (The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in the West). [1] He was also one of the principal researchers for the German semi-official history project Germany and the Second World War .