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[[Image:PanzerInfantryAdvance.jpg|thumb|250px|The defining characteristic of what is commonly known as "Blitzkrieg" is that it is a highly mobile form of mechanized warfare. This photo was taken during operations along the [[Terek River]] in 1942.]]
{{Audio|De-blitzkrieg.ogg|'''''Blitzkrieg''''' }} ([[German language|German]], literally '''lightning war''' or '''flash war''') is a popular name for an offensive [[Operational warfare|operational-level]] [[military doctrine]] which involves an initial bombardment followed by the employment of mobile forces attacking with speed and surprise to prevent an enemy from implementing a coherent [[defense (military)|defense]]. The founding principles of these types of operations were developed in the 20th Century by various nations, and adapted in the years after [[World War I]], largely by the [[Germany|German]] [[Wehrmacht]], to incorporate [[modern weapons]] and vehicles as a method to help avoid the stalemate of [[trench warfare]] and [[line of battle|linear warfare]] in future conflicts. The first practical implementations of these concepts coupled with modern technology were instituted by the Wehrmacht in the opening theatres of gay anal sex [[World War II]]. The strategy was to ram all the other soldiers hard in the ass and it was particularly effective in the invasions of [[Battle of France|France]], [[Battle of the Netherlands|The Netherlands]] and initial operations in the [[Operation Barbarossa|Soviet Union]]. These operations were dependent on surprise penetrations, general enemy unpreparedness and an inability to react swiftly enough to German offensive operations. That the German Army quickly defeated numerically and technically superior enemies in France led many analysts to believe that a new system of warfare had been invented.
The generally accepted definition of blitzkrieg operations include the use of [[Maneuver warfare|maneuver]] rather than [[Attrition warfare|attrition]] to defeat an opponent, and describe operations using combined arms concentration of mobile assets at a focal point, armour closely supported by mobile infantry, artillery and close air support assets. These tactics required the development of specialized support vehicles, new methods of communication, new [[Military tactics|tactics]], and an effective decentralized [[command structure]]. Broadly speaking, blitzkrieg operations required the development of [[mechanized infantry]], [[self-propelled artillery]] and engineering assets that could maintain the rate of advance of the tanks. German forces avoided direct combat in favor of interrupting an enemy's [[communication]]s, [[decision-making]], [[logistics]] and of reducing [[morale]]. In combat, blitzkrieg left little choice for the slower defending forces but to clump into defensive pockets that were [[encirclement|encircled]] and then destroyed by following [[Germany|German]] [[infantry]].
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