Blitzkrieg

The traditional meaning of blitzkrieg is that of German tactical and operational methodology in the first half of the Second World War, that is often hailed as a new method of warfare. The word, meaning "lightning war" or "lightning attack" in its strategic sense describes a series of quick and decisive short battles to deliver a knockout blow to an enemy state before it could fully mobilize. Tactically, blitzkrieg is a coordinated military effort by tanks, motorized infantry, artillery and aircraft, to create an overwhelming local superiority in combat power, to defeat the opponent and break through its defences.


Blitzkrieg

So it comes, the roar of the planes
The whistling high pitched sound
Of bombs falling, such deadly rains
And blood and fire upon the ground

This is relentless: a darkling night
Terror as buildings fall like cards
Wreckage, ruins, greet the sight
As cities turned into boneyards

Armies advance, shells and tanks
Anyone a target on these streets
Dead: even children join these ranks
Invasion relentless despite defeats

Nineteen thirty-nine: the blitz rained down
Now Russia claims the Third Reich’s Crown