Micah Wampler

Mr. Tresnak

5th Hour U.S. History

May 3, 2022
Blitzkrieg (Germany)

Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). Blitzkrieg. Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved May 4,

2022, from https://www.britannica.com/topic/blitzkrieg

https://www.britannica.com/topic/blitzkrieg

1. The concept of blitzkrieg was actually formed by prussian military tactics of the early

19th century.

a. This shows where blitz was first formed first, and shows the roots of war.

2. Blitzkrieg is most commonly associated with Nazi Germany during World War II even

though numerous combatants used its techniques in that war.

a. This shows how commonly the nazis used because they are associated with

blitzkrieg.

3. Blitzkrieg was also tested by Germans during the Spanish Civil War in 1938 and against

Poland in 1939, blitzkrieg proved to be a great surprise war tactic.

a. This fact shows Germany had to test out Blitzkrieg before they used it as a main

strategy.

4. The tactics, as employed by the Germans, consisted of a splitting thrust on a narrow

front by combat groups using tanks, dive bombers, and motorized artillery to disrupt the main

enemy battle position at the Schwerpunkt.

a. This fact tells what Germany used for blitzkrieg.

 5. Blitzkrieg tactics were used in the successful German invasions of Belgium, the

Netherlands, and France in 1940, which saw audacious applications of air power and airborne

infantry to overcome fixed fortifications that were believed by the defenders to be impregnable.

a. This fact shows that blitzkrieg proved to be very successful for Germany.

History.com Editors. (2009, October 14). Blitzkrieg. History.com. Retrieved May 5, 2022,

from https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg

https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/blitzkrieg

6. In their defeat in World War I, German military leaders determined that a lack of mobile

maneuverable forces and flexible tactics had led to the conflict to bog down in trench warfare.

a. This piece of evidence shows that Germany already was trying to figure out a

different strategy right after they took the L in WW1.

7. This focus on mobile warfare was in part a response to Germany’s relatively limited

military resources and manpower, as a result of the strictures imposed on it by the Treaty of

Versailles.

a. This shows that Germany was limited with their usage and resources.

8. With close air support from the German air force and the benefit of radio communications

to aid in coordinating strategy, the Germans blazed through northern France and toward the

English Channel, pushing the British Expeditionary Force into a pocket around Dunkirk

a. This piece of evidence shows that Germany in WWII was serious about world invasion

and were open to many new tactics.

9. In 1941, German forces employed blitzkrieg tactics in their invasion of the Soviet Union.

Expecting a short campaign like the one they had enjoyed in Western Europe the previous

spring. But instead the strategy did not work as well this time, and they were forced to a

defensive war.
 a. This fact right here shows that blitzkrieg did not always work well, and they had to try

and perfect it.

10. In the aftermath of France’s fall, both Nazi propaganda and Western media attributed

Germany’s success to the revolutionary new form of warfare known as blitzkrieg. Though the

word “blitzkrieg” had been used in German military writings before World War II to describe a

short conflict, as opposed to a drawn-out war of attrition, it was never officially adopted as a

military doctrine.

a. This fact is talking about how blitzkrieg came about.