Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 208. Chapters: Blitzkrieg, Strategic bombing, Siege, Pincer movement, First strike, Armistice, Citadel, John Boyd, Trench warfare, Swarming, Soviet deep battle, Scenario planning, Singapore strategy, NATO Military Symbols for Land Based Systems, Schlieffen Plan, Fortification, Strategic operations of the Red Army in World War II, Strategy of tension, Maneuver warfare, Defence-in-depth, Militarism, Tercio, Flanking maneuver, Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships, Manstein Plan, Deterrence theory, Force multiplication, Philosophy of war, Blockade, Revolution in Military Affairs, Battle of annihilation, Grand strategy, List of historical blockades, Bellum se ipsum alet, Unconditional surrender, Power projection, Battlespace, Fabian strategy, Clear and hold, J.C. Wylie, Plan 1919, Counterforce, Defence in depth, Operational mobility, Attrition warfare, People's war, Victory disease, History of victory disease, Offensive, Cult of the offensive, Naval offensive, Defeat in detail, Border outpost, Leapfrogging, Strategic alliance, Pyrrhic victory, Longzhong Plan, Two-front war, Empty Fort Strategy, Plan XVII, Ceasefire, List of military strategies, Unrestricted submarine warfare, Tactical victory, Exit strategy, Strategic goal, Defense, Bait and bleed, Sealift, Encirclement, Firepower, Strategic defence, Countervalue, Richard Simpkin, Withdrawal, Unsinkable aircraft carrier, Observation post, Rout, Strategic railway, Investment, Deflection, Center of gravity, Decisive victory, Limited first strike, Strategic depth, Penetration, Sea lines of communication, Counter-offensive, Strategy of the central position, Pitched battle, Mobile Warfare, Phase, Strategic surrender, Airpower, Envelopment, Over-the-beach capability, Line of communication, Intensified submarine warfare, Night operations, Breakout, Breakthrough, Cadmean victory, Interior lines, Military defeat, Culminating point, Inkspot Strategy, Strategic victory, Resistance, Indirect approach, Revolutionary base area, Flying camp, Area of operations, Main Supply Route, Strategic objective. Excerpt: For other uses of the word, see: Blitzkrieg (disambiguation) The classic characteristic of what is commonly known as "blitzkrieg" is a highly mobile form of infantry and armour working in combined arms teams.Blitzkrieg (German, "lightning war"; ·)) is an anglicized word describing all-mechanized force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery and air power, concentrating overwhelming force at high speed to break through enemy lines, and, once the latter is broken, proceeding without regard to its flank. Through constant motion, the blitzkrieg attempts to keep its enemy off-balance, making it difficult to respond effectively at any given point before the front has already moved on. During the interwar period, aircraft and tank technologies matured and were combined with systematic application of the German tactics of infiltration and bypassing of enemy strong points. When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, Western journalists adopted the term blitzkrieg to describe this form of armoured warfare. Blitzkrieg operations were very effective during the campaigns of 1939 - 1941. These operations were dependent on surprise penetrations (e.g. the penetration of the Ardennes forest region), general enemy unpreparedness and an inability to react swiftly enough to the attacker's offensive operations. During the Battle of France, the French, who made attempts to re-form defensive lines alon...
