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"rapid attack," 1939, from German Blitzkrieg, from Blitz "lightning" (from Middle High German blicze, back-formation from bliczen "to flash," from Old High German bleccha [..]
Source: etymonline.com

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blitzkrieg


quick, overwhelming attack.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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"Lightening war," a surprise attack devised by Hitler, in which land-and-air attacks were coordinated, quick and brutal. Hitler used fast-moving tanks called Panzers, with infantry transport [..]
Source: adlit.org

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Literally “lightning war,” the tactic successfully deployed in several instances by Nazi forces during World War II in which an invasion commences with aerial bombardment, followed by armored tank (or [..]
Source: academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu

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blitzkrieg


, "lightning war," used to describe the speed, efficiency and intensity of Germany's military attack against their opponents.
Source: english.illinois.edu

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(n) a swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment(v) fight a quick and surprising war
Source: beedictionary.com

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blitzkrieg


"Lightning War" - a term used to describe the rapid German invasions using fast, piercing armoured formations
Source: secondworldwar.co.uk

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blitzkrieg
Source: en.wiktionary.org





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