blitzkrieg

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Incidentally, the German Wehrmacht never officially used the word blitzkrieg -- literally, "lightning war" -- though it did appear in several prewar German military publications.

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  1. noun A swift, sudden military offensive, usually by combined air and mobile land forces.

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  • Their blitzkrieg, their lightning war, came from the air and the sea and the sky. —  Deacon's Blog
  • It also depends on the element of surprise, one reason Nazi Germany never declared war prior to invading an enemy. concept of blitzkrieg was a matter of adapting 20th-century technology -- especially the tank, the airplane and the radio -- to the age-old tactics of mobile warfare. —  Wired Top Stories
  • Incidentally, the German Wehrmacht never officially used the word blitzkrieg -- literally, "lightning war" -- though it did appear in several prewar German military publications. —  Wired Top Stories
  • The German blitzkrieg, a new and sudden and powerful attack, devastated Poland. —  News for Opelika-Auburn News
  • After the penalty, there was nothing left to do but collapse in a heap as Liverpool brilliantly locked up the midfield in their half and broke like a blitzkrieg on the counter. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
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  1. German : Blitz, lightning (from Middle High German blitze, from bliczen, to flash, from Old High German blekkazzen; see bhel-1 in Indo-European roots) + Krieg, war (from Middle High German kriec, from Old High German krēg, stubbornness; see gwerə-1 in Indo-European roots).
 

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