Word: blitzkriegers
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France. Experts guessed that Italian generals had discovered that the German theories of Blitzkrieg (lightning war) were untenable, that a high-speed onslaught such as the Army of the Po was practicing would result in another Guadalajara traffic...
...Staff Marshal Pietro Badoglio, Italy's most gifted strategist (who was surprisingly absent from the maneuvers), had won another victory. The tough-minded Marshal, who salvaged the Ethiopian campaign after it had bogged down, and who talks back to Il Duce, was reported to think no more of Blitzkrieg than of many another red-hot Fascist notion...
...event of European war the effect of a mandatory embargo is not difficult to predict. It would improve Hitler's chances for victory in a Blitzkrieg, or lightning war. It might not appreciably hurt the long-term chances of England and France, both of which have rich empires of their...
Many a European observer has guessed that the Nazis have two interlocking plans for war in Europe this summer: first a lightning-strike and then, if it fails, a deadlock in front of their defenses on the Western Front. If they win their Blitzkrieg they can take what they want; if they effect a deadlock, they can still bargain for concessions in return for Europe's peace...
...Ludendorff, who believed in the nation-in-arms theory and the war of extermination. Its weakness is a traditional reliance on Schrecklichkeit (frightfulness) which-though it won at Munich-is apt to backfire by stiffening instead of breaking opponents' morale. The modern German theory of victory by Blitzkrieg (lightning war) is untried and, in the opinion of many experts, unsound. Further, if Germany plans to carry war deep into Russian territory in case of Soviet participation, old Moscow Generals January and February (alias Cold and Hunger) will probably ruin Chief of High Command Wilhelm Keitel's reputation even...