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“The blitzkrieg is one of the best-known examples of a “military technical revolution”—and one of the most misunderstood by the general public. It is…

— Max Boot

“The Blitzkrieg strategy was designed to exploit the flinch of the enemy—he must collapse at the sight of what appears to be overwhelming force.…

— Ryan Holiday

“Most blitz leaders have felt that by sacrificing a degree of intelligence or logistics support they gained a greater advantage in the areas of…

— Wesley W. Yale

The Blitzkrieg Bop.

— Ramones

Raeder, the political admiral, stealthily built up the German Navy in defiance of the Versailles Treaty, and then put it to use in a…

— Erich Raeder

In one of the decisive battles of World War I, disastrous reports poured into the headquarters of Marshal Foch, the commander of the Allied…

— James Keller

“I thought who really is my enemy: the Germans or the company commander? I still couldn’t see the Germans, but here in front of…

— S.A. Smith

“A popular aphorism soon circulated among frontline troops: “Never were so few commanded by so many from so far.” Asked why the Germans failed…

— Rick Atkinson

In the early hours of 16 December 1944, the Germans launched their last great offensive of the Second World War against weakly held U.S.…

— Saul David

“The undeniable tactical skills and successes of the twentieth-century German military often obscure a greater truth: in wars the Germans always met defeat.”

— Geoffrey Jensen

'Il faut vivre' might almost be the French national motto from 1940 to June 1944, but who is to say ours would have been…

— Michael Korda