Word: sitzkrieg
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...often seemed to be little more than hitchhikers on an American battlewagon. Assembling in the sandy arena was the most motley mixture of nationalities and flags on one front since the Napoleonic Wars -- and most of it seemed intended to make a political rather than a military statement. As sitzkrieg turned to blitzkrieg, however, the 28-country alliance proved to be more than international window dressing. Within 24 hours the combined effort made a public believer out of General Colin Powell, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. "It seems to me," he said, "the coalition is holding together...
...military confrontation in the gulf seems to be congealing into a 1990 version of the sitzkrieg. As Germany did after blitzing Poland, Saddam is consolidating his position and gazing across the frontier as his foes assemble their armies. His 56-division, 1.5 million-man force -- last week he called up his reserves -- is clearly on the defensive. In occupied Kuwait his soldiers are digging in. Elite Republican Guard units have been pulled back to join 15 divisions deployed to protect Basra and Baghdad -- or perhaps Saddam himself...