Blitzkrieg - is instant battle tactics (it. Blitzkrieg, from Blitz - zip -voyna Krieg), which brings victory invading army.General conditions - coordination of forces, the ability to act quickly and rigid discipline.The meaning of "blitzkrieg" had the Germans not to be taken literally, and to a certain point it was used only in military circles.The official sources, the term came only after the German attack on Poland in September 1939.In various publications can be found the description of the emergence of multiple versions of the theory of the blitzkrieg.Let's dwell on each of them.
blitzkrieg theory Heinz Guderian
Most often merits of its design attributed to Colonel Heinz Guderian, who in the presence of senior German command announced that knows how to very quickly conquer enemy territory, using light tanks, planes and small infantry units.The reaction to such a statement was predictable.No one believed him.However, Hitler entrusted Guderian demonstrate blitzkrieg technique in action against the French troops and the British Empire.The result was not long in coming: a few weeks after the enemy was driven back to the beaches of Dunkirk.Also on hand to the Germans it loads the factor that, being conservatives, the French and British have used for years only proven strategic tactics, without making any changes.Poland is using the plan "Blitzkrieg", he managed to enslave just seventeen days.
Hans von Seeckt and his vision
Army Chief of Staff, Hans von Seeckt in the twenties of the twentieth century began exploring the reasons for the defeat of the German troops in World War II.He came to the conclusion that only the tactics of the last two years, had a positive outcome, so it had to take it as a basis for preparing a new generation of German army.According to him, the attack on the enemy was to be held as follows:
1. First, a short but powerful attack the weakest flank of the enemy with the help of artillery, smoke and stun grenades.
2. Further work on the storm troopers of the final cleansing of the occupied territories.
According to Hans von Seeckt, Blitzkrieg - is the improvement of military affairs in general.He believed that modernization requires not only a theory of warfare and military equipment, including weapons.
Some sources claim that the technique of warfare "blitzkrieg" was opened by Charles de Gaulle in 1934 and described in his book, and the German command it is only slightly modified.In his understanding of Blitzkrieg - is the modernization of military power.
operation "Blitzkrieg" in the interpretation of the USSR
«The theory of the deep offensive operation" described in textbooks in tank warfare, released in 1935, is a Soviet-style blitzkrieg.The main purpose - fast, even rapid penetration into enemy territory, using tanks not for long fights, and fighting spirit to destabilize and disrupt the enemy army offensive and defensive operations.
Classic version of "Operation Blitzkrieg»
first shot on goal was applied to the aircraft of strategic facilities, lines of communication, storage of weapons, ammunition and military equipment, cutting off all escape routes and reducing the enemy's ability to resist.Artillery also used to break enemy lines, followed by the walking tanks and assault troops marines.The main objective of the second phase of the operation "Blitzkrieg" - enter into a deep behind enemy lines, and firmly consolidate their positions there.Assault troops tried as much as possible to destroy enemy communications, deny command to destabilize the enemy and lower its morale.To communicate with its part of the German army used only the radio, which has established itself as the most reliable in the military field.
Fiasco Wehrmacht blitzkrieg Soviet
Home and fatal mistake in the German attack on the Soviet Union - the reliance on the tactics of positional attack.Russian, given the experience of the Civil War, the most used technique to maneuver than they are often baffled the advancing enemy.Making the main emphasis on the tanks, Wehrmacht counted on as a deep penetration into the territory of the Soviet Union, using the tactics of "blitzkrieg".This worked only during the first years of the war, and then it was pointless, because in Soviet factories manufactured tanks, able to move on wheels and tracks, which greatly complicated the task of the enemy.
Using the tactics of blitzkrieg, the Germans during the war did not change it, considering its strategy perfect.Their predictability and reluctance to move away from the selected template warfare played a cruel joke.It is this and took advantage of the Soviet troops, having achieved victory in heavy fighting and liberating their homeland from invaders, however, as most of Europe.
