- Blitzkrieg stands for "lightning war" and it was a military tactic characterized by speed and quick destruction and overwhelming of the enemy.
- It was originally called Bewegungskrieg by the Germans however.
- Blitzkrieg was a military tactic used during the Second World War, where highly mobile tanks, infantry and the air force would work in close coordination to quickly take down and overwhelm enemy forces.
- They would target critical infrastructure and enemy supply lines.
- Blitzkrieg was used to great affect by Hitler during the invasion of Poland and the invasion of France, however it was very resource intensive.
- Because of this, during the later years of the Second World War it was ineffective, such as during Operation Barbarossa where the sheer size of Russia made supply lines too long and Blitzkrieg too difficult to sustain.
- Panzer III tanks and mechanized infantry of the 24th Panzer Division moving through Ukraine in 1942 (the details aren't important, as the picture is just to give an impression of what took place).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blitzkrieg