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Definition of Blitzkrieg
1. Noun. A swift and violent military offensive with intensive aerial bombardment.
Generic synonyms: Attack, Onrush, Onset, Onslaught
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Derivative terms: Blitz
2. Verb. Fight a quick and surprising war.
Definition of Blitzkrieg
1. Noun. A fast, sudden military offensive, usually combining ground forces with air support. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blitzkrieg
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blitzkrieg
Literary usage of Blitzkrieg
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1844)
"The Nazis, on the other hand, gave a pyrotechnic display of blitzkrieg in Poland.
That's the way they climb, too. An objector rises to point out that they ..."
2. Strategy for Defeat: The Luftwaffe, 1933-1945 by Williamson Murray (1983)
"HR Trevor-Roper, ed., blitzkrieg to Defeat, Hitler's War Directives (New ...
Trevor-Roper, blitzkrieg to Defeat, Directive #6 for the Conduct of the War, ..."
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