Blitzkrieg

Blitzkrieg is the successful German tactic of rapidly advancing armored forces and massive air support that took surprise on the enemy. In German the term blitzkrieg means lighting war or very rapid. A blitzkrieg began with divebombing warplanes used to terrify civilians and crushing defenses. Then after that the land mobilization starts with the tanks moving in and mobile artillary taking action at a rapid speed. Then the infantry moved in to fully defeat the enemy and take over the territory fought over. America Pathways to the Present pg. 576 http://cota.matrixgames.com/images/fjlanding.jpg __ http://www.2worldwar2.com/blitzkrieg.htm __