So blitzkrieg then is born of necessity, Germany has to make do with less. So by necessity they have to come up with new ways of thinking new ways of fighting war, they can't go back to the you traditional First World War because they simply haven't got the men.
The French army of the time which is about eighty five divisions strong. The idea of reestablishing fast-moving warfare is of real importance to Germany because the Versailles Treaty, the treaty that comes into force at the end of the war, limits the German army to a maximum size of a hundred thousand men, which means that they have ten divisions which is a tiny amount if you compare that to The ideas behind Blitzkrieg are generated in the First World War when all the sides are looking for ways to break the trench deadlock. So you defeat them by dislocation, not destruction on the battlefield.ĭespite their inferior numbers Blitzkrieg made it possible for Germany to rapidly defeat its foes and achieve victoriesthat were inconceivable just weeks before, but to find out why we have to go all the way back to the First World War and the genesis of Blitzkrieg. You identify the weak point in the enemy's line, break through, and cause disruption in the enemy's rear areas. Now what he said might sound impossible, but in practice it was very effective. That's John Delaney, head of the Second World War team at Imperial War Museums. The main principle of Blitzkrieg is to win by not fighting. So what is Blitzkrieg? And why was it so successful? Suddenly a new word appeared in the British press: Blitzkrieg - Lightning War. The Allies plans had unraveled before them at the hands of a numerically smaller enemy. The Germans had advanced with terrifying speed covering over a hundred and twenty miles in just five days. Just two weeks after Germany had launched their invasion of France the writing was on the wall, evacuation the only chance of survival.
Hundreds of thousands of men scramble to escape from France, as the Luftwaffe swirls overhead. Dunkirk 1940, the British Army is in ruins.
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