Did you know that a very common football term, the blitz, came from the word blitzkrieg which was a German attack strategy in World War 2? A blitzkrieg is a surprise full out attack. Blitzkrieg translates to Lightning War. Germany used this tactic against Poland, France, and the Soviet Union to catch them off guard. The Blitzkrieg used multiple different modes of attack, tanks, artillery, and bomber planes. The ground troops would communicate with the planes so that they knew just where to target the troops under attack so that the ground troops could crash through. It was an attack that utilized speed in the air and a fast paced ground attack to smash through the confused defenders.
To start the attack Stuka dive-bombers attacked the front line of the troops, or any mode that was used for transportation, railways and roads. As soon as the air attack was done the artillery would attack, once the artillery surprise had passed the tank panzer division would join in the fight. All the tanks focused on one specific place in the front lines and smashed through. Once a path had been cleared by the tanks the infantry soldiers rushed in on foot to quickly strike the foe's flanks and sides. Eventually the Germans would practically have the opponents surrounded, they were everywhere.
To start the attack Stuka dive-bombers attacked the front line of the troops, or any mode that was used for transportation, railways and roads. As soon as the air attack was done the artillery would attack, once the artillery surprise had passed the tank panzer division would join in the fight. All the tanks focused on one specific place in the front lines and smashed through. Once a path had been cleared by the tanks the infantry soldiers rushed in on foot to quickly strike the foe's flanks and sides. Eventually the Germans would practically have the opponents surrounded, they were everywhere.
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