The Blitzkrieg StoryAfsnit: The twenties - Decade of the theories - Three apostles of air power - Forging of a weapon - Dress rehearsals - The weapon is proved - Blitzkrieg meets its match. - The Anglo-American version and final german fling -The sword is handed on - Blitzkrieg-the future? |
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Preface | 7 |
The Twenties Decade of the Theorists | 30 |
Forging of a Weapon | 66 |
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advance Air Force air power aircraft Allies American anti-tank guns armoured cars armoured divisions armoured force arms Army Group Army Group Centre Army Group North artillery attack battle battlefield believed blitzkreig blitzkrieg bombers bombing Britain British campaign captured casualties command concentrate counter-attack defence doctrine Douhet Egyptian enemy enemy's equipment fighters fighting flank formations Fourth Panzer Army France French Fuller Gaulle German ground forces Guderian Haganah Hitler Ibid idea infantry divisions infantry support initial Israelis later launched Liddell Hart light tanks Luftwaffe machine guns Maginot Line manoeuvres mechanised forces miles military mobility Moscow objective offensive officers operations organisation Panzer Corps panzer divisions Panzer Group Patton Pétain Poland realised reconnaissance Red Air Force Red Army regiment Reichswehr role Rundstedt Russian Soviet squadrons strategic strategic bombing success tactical tank battalions Tank Brigade Tank Corps troops warfare weapon Wehrmacht Western Front