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Frieser wrote that the Heer (German pronunciation:) [n] was not ready for blitzkrieg at the start of the war. A blitzkrieg method called for a young, highly skilled mechanized army. In 1939–1940, 45 percent of the army was 40 years old and 50 percent of the soldiers had only a few weeks' training.
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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Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, whose movies "The Civil War" and "The Vietnam War" chronicled two of the most difficult periods in U.S. history, said in a new interview that the nation currently ...
1926–1933: Nicaragua: From May 7 to June 5, 1926, and August 27, 1926, to January 3, 1933, the coup d'état of General Emiliano Chamorro Vargas aroused revolutionary activities leading to the landing of American marines to protect the interests of the United States. United States forces came and went intermittently until January 3, 1933.
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.
Get to know the actual people and events that inspired Steve McQueen's new film "Blitz," now streaming on Apple TV+.
The German cruiser Deutschland seizes the American freighter SS City of Flint and its crew, accusing them of contraband. Led by a prize crew the ship is ordered to go to Germany, causing a diplomatic incident with the United States and igniting American public opinion. [106] [107] 10 October The last of Poland's military surrenders to the Germans.