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April 19, 2018

“Blitzkrieg” – What most people get Wrong – Myth vs “Reality”

Filed under: Germany, History, Military, WW2 — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Military History Visualized
Published on 18 Aug 2017

“Blitzkrieg” is probably the most wrongly used word when it comes to Military History. Its buzzword effect is widely known. The question is what was “Blitzkrieg” actually and is it used “correctly” at all? Additionally, the question if “Blitzkrieg” was something unique to the Wehrmacht will be answered?

Military History Visualized provides a series of short narrative and visual presentations like documentaries based on academic literature or sometimes primary sources. Videos are intended as introduction to military history, but also contain a lot of details for history buffs. Since the aim is to keep the episodes short and comprehensive some details are often cut.

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Citino, Robert M.: The German Way of War

Hughes, Daniel J.: “Blitzkrieg”, in: Brassey’s Encyclopedia of Land Forces and Warfare, p. 155-162

Ong, Weichong: “Blitzkrieg: Revolution or Evolution?”, in: RUSI December 2017 – Vol. 152 No. 6, p. 82-87

Harris, J.P.: “The Myth of Blitzkrieg”, in War in History 1995 2 (3), p. 335-352

Frieser, Karl-Heinz: The Blitzkrieg Legend

Frieser, Karl-Heinz: “The war in the West, 1939-1940: an unplanned Blitzkrieg”. In: Cambridge History of the Second World War, Volume I: p. 287-314

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