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Was Blitzkrieg the only reason why the Germans were so successful in the first months of the Second World War?
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Was Blitzkrieg the only reason why the Germans were so successful in the first months of the Second World War? In considering the answer to the question stated above one must first ask, what is Blitzkrieg? Blitzkrieg was a method of warfare used by the Germans at the beginning of the Second World War. Blitzkrieg was a method of warfare intended to create a short but vigorous war. Germany had a big army with some well-trained and equipped tanks that were used together in armoured divisions. This in itself was an advance upon traditional tactics as tanks were usually used only as unit support and not as units in there own right. Germany needed a short war as they had not the economy for a long, drawn out, war of attrition that the First world war had been. First artillery and dive-bombers would soften up the enemy. They would attack on the...
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