History glossary
blitzkrieg
fast, concentrated warfare using armor, aircraft, and movement to overwhelm opponents.
- Category
- Military term
- Region
- Global
- Date range
- Varies
What it means
Fast, concentrated warfare using armor, aircraft, and movement to overwhelm opponents.
Stories using this term
Operation Barbarossa
From Hitler's ideological war in the east to Soviet survival before Moscow, Barbarossa turned expected blitzkrieg into prolonged attritional catastrophe.
The Second World War
From fragile peace to global war, WWII reshaped the world through conflict, genocide, and new power orders.
