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Thunder on the Dnepr: Zhukov-Stalin and the Defeat of Hitler's Blitzkrieg

Book by Bryan I. Fugate, Lev Dvoretsky; Presidio, 1997

Subjects:

Stalin, Joseph--1879-1953, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Eastern Front, World War, 1939-1945--Soviet Union, Zhukov, Georgi?I Konstantinovich--1896-1974

Collections: History, Entire Library

The authors argue that the most significant factor in Germany's failure to defeat Russia in 1941 was the strategy developed by Soviet Generals Zhukov and Timoshenko which led to devastating German casualties.
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Hitler's Blitzkrieg Campaigns: The Invasion and Defense of Western Europe, 1939-1940

Book by J. E. Kaufmann, H. W. Kaufmann; Combined Books, 1993

Subjects:

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe

Collections: History, Entire Library

...continent. This was Hitlers year of Blitzkrieg. The course of World War I had ebbed...a campaign which turned into the Blitzkrieg due to late planning changes...were used to defeat them during the Blitzkrieg campaign. Germany Rearmed...
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Soviet Blitzkrieg: The Battle for White Russia, 1944

Book by Walter S. Dunn Jr.; Lynne Rienner, 2000

Subjects:

Belarus--History--20th Century, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Belarus

Collections: History, Entire Library

Walter Dunn reports-for the first time in English-the details of a battle on the Eastern Front that was perhaps the largest of all time & certainly one the most significant of World War II.
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The Path to Blitzkrieg: Doctrine and Training in the German Army, 1920-1939

Book by Robert M. Citino; Lynne Rienner, 1999

Subjects:

Germany--Military Policy, Lightning War, Military Doctrine--Germany--History--20th Century, Tactics, World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe

Collections: History, Entire Library

In 1939, the German army shocked and terrorized the world with Blitzkrieg, its form of mobilized warfare. This work looks at how the Germans rebuilt their army after defeat in World War I which is one of the major questions in military history.
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Atomic Weapons and Armies

Book by F. O. Miksche; Praeger, 1955

Subjects:

Military Art And Science, Nuclear Warfare, Tactics

Collections: Entire Library

...III. THE Blitzkrieg 60...bogged down. In the period of the Blitzkrieg 1939-42 , the defences were...into the tactical ensemble of the Blitzkrieg period. And yet one must admit...

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Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational War Fare

Journal article by Gregory Fontenot; Parameters, Vol. 34, 2004

Subjects:

Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational War Fare (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm: The Evolution of Operational War Fare...history of combat operations since the German blitzkrieg, but rather an essay on the evolution...of German doctrine that led to the blitzkrieg while accounting for similar developments...
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The Germans and the Exercise of Military Power

Journal article by Samuel J. Newland; Parameters, Vol. 36, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Germany and the Axis Powers: From Coalition to Collapse (Book)--Book reviews, The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in the West (Book)--Book reviews, The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...book published in 1995. Titled The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in...effective countermeasures. The misconception that blitzkrieg was a new kind of war based...2005. Frieser, Karl-Heinz. The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in...
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From Pigeons to Crystals: The Development of Radio Communication in U.S. Army Tanks in World War II

Journal article by Karl G. Larew; The Historian, Vol. 67, 2005

Subjects:

Guderian, Heinz--Military aspects, Radio communications--Innovations, Radio communications--Usage, United States. Army--Military aspects, World War II, 1939-1945--Military aspects

Collections: History, Entire Library

...II. by Karl G. Larew THE TERM BLITZKRIEG (lightning war) has become encrusted...most important German father of the blitzkrieg, Guderians work with tank radios...1947), 67; Charles Messenger, The Blitzkrieg Story (New York: Charles Scribners...
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Beyond Terror: Strategy in a Changing World

Journal article by Anthony James Joes; Parameters, Vol. 32, 2002

Collections: Entire Library

...exaggerations his readers have come to expect, and even demand. Pithy one-liners abound, including the following. "The blitzkrieg won campaigns but not the war." Todays US Navy is "bewildered by the utter disappearance of enemy fleets." When a...
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The Revolution in Military Affairs outside the West

Journal article by Ahmed S. Hashim; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 51, 1998

Subjects:

China--Military policy, Developing countries--Military policy, Military policy--International aspects, Russia--Military policy, United States--Military policy

Collections: Entire Library

...revolution in warfare, namely the blitzkrieg, or lightning war.(17) It is...Seeckts reforms, see James Corum, The Roots of Blitzkrieg: Hans von Seeckt and German...Germans never used the term blitzkrieg. The writings of General Hans Guderian...

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Mafia Blitzkrieg Bludgeons Berlin

Magazine article by Jamie Dettmer; Insight on the News, Vol. 10, July 11, 1994

Subjects:

Berlin, Germany--Crime, Organized crime--Economic aspects, Russians--Crime

Collections: Entire Library

Mafia blitzkrieg bludgeons Berlin by Jamie...growing lawlessness. Now some of the toughest gangs are staking out turf...the bridge for a Russian crime blitzkrieg of Western Europe. In the last 24 months, Germany has been...
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Mr. Reagan's Blitzkrieg

Magazine article; National Review, Vol. 36, September 21, 1984

Subjects:

Khachigian, Ken--Management, Presidents (Government)--Political activity, Presidents--Political activity, Reagan, Ronald--Political activity, Speeches, addresses, etc.--Political aspects, Speeches--Political aspects

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Mr. Reagans Blitzkrieg. RONALD REAGANS final convention...For our part, though, we thought the speech showed the old campaigner entering his last campaign...form. With one-line zingers and with the sustained melodic line of a long speech...
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"Blitzkrieg Server" Faces Blitz of Criticism

Magazine article by Michael Gips; Security Management, Vol. 42, September 1998

Subjects:

Computer networks--Safety and security measures, Encryption software, Network security software--Evaluation, Security software--Evaluation

Collections: Entire Library

...that the product, dubbed the "Blitzkrieg server," repels attacks...launch an attack against a Blitzkrieg Server...that seems to come from the actual target network...Internet discussion threads on the Blitzkrieg Server are available through...
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BJP 'Blitzkrieg' under Way

Magazine article by Ravi Prasad; Business Asia, Vol. 7, December 13, 1999

Subjects:

Elections--India, Foreign investments--Evaluation, India--Politics and government, Vajpayee, Atal Bihari--Conduct of life

Collections: Entire Library

BJP blitzkrieg under way by Ravi Prasad...Vajpayee is determined to swing the changes Armed with a clear...is getting ready to unleash a blitzkrieg of economic reforms in 2000. Even before the announcement of final election...
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Behind Johnny Ramone's Guitar Blitzkrieg, a Proud, Gracious Man

Magazine article by Steve Miller; World and I, Vol. 19, November 2004

Subjects:

Guitarists--Biography, Ramone, Johnny

Collections: Entire Library

Behind Johnny Ramones Guitar Blitzkrieg, a Proud, Gracious Man. by Steve Miller Steve Miller is a writer with The Washington Times. What the public didnt know about Johnny Ramone, the guitar player for the Ramones who died recently...

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Victories of WWII Rested on More Than Blitzkrieg

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, January 25, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...way - but fails to do so. "The Blitzkrieg Myth" is a curious book, full...accepts the narrow definition that blitzkrieg was the "pure" theory of armor smashing...Press International. +++++ THE BLITZKRIEG MYTH: HOW HITLER AND THE ALLIES...
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Germany's Blitzkrieg, England's Worst Hours

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, October 16, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Germanys Blitzkrieg, Englands Worst Hours. Byline: Philip Kopper, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Part walk...hurricanes and one continuing war. The volume reconstructs Englands worst hours during Germanys Blitzkrieg, a term that plucky Brits...
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Blitz-Like Tactics Used to Deliver Nations of Millions; Historian Dr Chris Upton Studies Hitler's Blitzkrieg Tactics WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT

Newspaper article by Chris Upton; The Birmingham Post (England), December 1, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Historian Dr Chris Upton Studies Hitlers Blitzkrieg Tactics WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT. by Chris...to work just as effectively against the Low Countries and France. It was called "Blitzkrieg," a productive advance on all those...
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Backyard Blitzkrieg; Green-Thumbed Experts Know Knowledge Is Power in Duel with Weeds

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, May 3, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Backyard Blitzkrieg; Green-Thumbed Experts Know Knowledge...Weeds. Byline: Shelley Widhalm, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Centreville resident...to avoid a more physical battle with the weeds that, if given the chance, would pop up in his gardens...
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Clarkson Blitzkrieg; the Germans Suffer a Sense-of-Humour Breakdown as He Says Their Cars' Satellite Navigation Will Only Take You to Poland (but the Fan Belt Will Last a Thousand Years)

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 15, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

Clarkson Blitzkrieg; the Germans Suffer a Sense-of-Humour Breakdown...Navigation Will Only Take You to Poland (but the Fan Belt Will Last a Thousand Years). Byline: ALLAN HALL;HENRY MELLER WITH all the sensitivity for which he is famous, Jeremy...

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Spanish Civil War

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...government quickly followed. Influence For Germany and Italy the Spanish civil war served as a testing ground for the blitzkrieg and other techniques of warfare that would be used in World War II; for the European democracies it was another step...
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Air Forces

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...air support for the ground troops, which was a crucial part of Germanys successful form of mechanized warfare , the blitzkrieg. The first great air battle in history was the Battle of Britain , in which the British Royal Air Force defeated...
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Marshall, Samuel Lyman Atwood

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...has cast a shadow on the validity of his work in general. Among his many works are Blitzkrieg (1940); Armies on Wheels (1941); Men against Fire (1947); The River and the Gauntlet (1953); Pork Chop Hill (1956); Sinai Victory (1958...
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World War II

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...members of the Commonwealth of Nations, except Ireland, rapidly followed suit. The fighting in Poland was brief. The German blitzkrieg, or lightning war, with its use of new techniques of mechanized and air warfare, crushed the Polish defenses...
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Strategy and Tactics

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the writings of B. H. Liddell Hart , Charles de Gaulle , and J. F. C. Fuller ; they proved prophetic when the Nazi blitzkrieg marked World War II as a war of mobility, characterized by vast movements of mechanized armies. Airpower, Nuclear...

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