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A History of Blitzkrieg
A History of Blitzkrieg
Author: Bryan Perrett
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A History of Blitzkrieg offers a tight, narrative-driven study of how German warfare evolved from the trench-bound battles of World War I into the fast, combined-arms “lightning war” campaigns of World War II, tracing the doctrinal and technological roots of blitzkrieg and its operational application across key theaters—Poland (1939), the Low Countries and France (1940), the Eastern Front, and North Africa—while explaining the central role of armored and mechanized formations, motorized infantry, close air support and artillery in creating operational-level maneuver warfare that stunned opponents and reshaped 20th‑century combat.
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Basic Bibliographic Data
A History of Blitzkrieg
Bryan Perrett
Publisher: Stein and Day, New York
Type of Book
Military history
World War II history
Doctrinal / strategy study (blitzkrieg concept and practice)
Operational and campaign history (development and use of blitzkrieg)
Main Thematic Focus
Blitzkrieg (lightning war)
Development of blitzkrieg doctrine
Armored and mechanized warfare
Combined-arms operations
Operational-level maneuver warfare
Likely Theaters of War Covered (from blitzkrieg’s well‑established historical use)
Western Front (Poland 1939, France and the Low Countries 1940, etc., as core blitzkrieg case studies in WW2 historiography)
Eastern Front (German early-war operations against the USSR are commonly treated in blitzkrieg histories)
North Africa (German/Axis mobile operations are standard elements in histories of blitzkrieg)
Main Nations / Sides Involved
Germany (primary developer and practitioner of blitzkrieg)
Axis powers
Allied powers (in their role as opponents and respondents to blitzkrieg)
Weapons, Arms, and Branch Focus
Armored forces (tanks and mechanized formations) – intrinsic to any history of blitzkrieg
Motorized infantry
Tactical air support / close air support (air–ground coordination as key blitzkrieg component)
Artillery in support of mobile operations
Book Classification / Catalog Tags
World War, 1939–1945 — Campaigns
World War, 1939–1945 — Armored operations
World War, 1939–1945 — Operational art
Blitzkrieg — History
Military art and science — History — 20th century
Mechanized warfare
Tank warfare
Mobile warfare
Book Condition: Like New
Book Condition: Like New
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