Capstone Essay
Capstone Essay
Capstone Essay
Mr. Tresnak
Blitzkrieg
Blitzkrieg; you may know that Germany is known for using it in WWII, or that it is
a fast style of war. So I am going to tell you the things you may not know about it, like
who started it, tactics of it and the successes and failures of it. Blitzkrieg played a big
part in WWII and that's how they were for the most part successful.
Blitzkrieg played a big part because of its success in WWII. It was successful in
many ways but it also failed in ways too, like when Germany tried to use it against the
soviet union they got stopped and got forced to a defensive war.(“Blitzkrieg”)However
the successes overrule the failures. One success is that the strategy of the targeted
was also achieved during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 and large numbers of
Now that you have heard about Germany's success with blitzkrieg, let’s see
where it originated from. The concept of blitzkrieg was actually formed by prussian
commonly associated with Nazi Germany during World War II even though numerous
that Hitler used in World War II to attack his opponents as quickly as lightning and
conquer their countries. Because this strategy was incredibly successful, he was able to
Blitzkrieg in action, and the tactics are what made blitzkrieg work well so here's
some. The German Blitzkrieg in World War II began on September 1, 1939 with the
against: Poland, in September 1939, Denmark April 1940, Norway April 1940, Belgium
May 1940, The Netherlands May 1940, Luxembourg May 1940, France May 1940,
Yugoslavia April 1941, Greece April 1941.(“United States”) Blitzkrieg tactics were used
in the successful German invasions of Belgium, the Netherlands, and France in 1940,
which saw audacious applications of air power and airborne infantry to overcome fixed
As you now know; Blitzkrieg played a big role in Germany's battle success in
WWII. From being formed by the Prussian military to Germany using it in WWII, and the
many uses of the strategy of blitzkrieg; the part it played was huge. Although it still