blitzkrieg
Rapid overwhelming assault
Blitzkrieg is a military tactic of swift, overwhelming attack using coordinated air and ground forces to break through enemy lines before they can mount a defense.
The German word means "lightning war," and the strategy defined early Nazi conquests in World War II.
Figuratively, any rapid, intensive campaign: a blitzkrieg of negative ads in the final week.
German armored fighting vehicle
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- armoredProtected by metal covering
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
- campaignOrganized effort toward goal
encirclement · flanking · spearhead · infantry · artillery · battalion · division · front
Fierce, overwhelming assault
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- assaultViolent offensive act
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
Grasping claw organ
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- flankingAt the sides of
- spearheadLead an effort
- infiltrationCovert entry into organization
ambush · breakthrough · exploitation · mechanized · coordination
Moving with haste
- swiftMoving with speed
- lightningAtmospheric electrical discharge
- suddenOccurring without prior notice
- quickMoving with speed
overwhelming · meteoric · whirlwind · fast · accelerated · relentless · unstoppable · momentum
Causing severe damage
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- destructionAct of completely ruining
shock · paralysis · collapse · capitulation · demoralization · disintegration · surrender · rout
panzer
German armored fighting vehicle
- invasionForcible entry into territory
- armoredProtected by metal covering
- offensiveCausing displeasure or attack-oriented
campaign · encirclement · flanking · spearhead · infantry · artillery · battalion · division · front · axis
onslaught
Fierce, overwhelming assault
- barrageSustained, overwhelming attack
- bombardmentSustained projectile assault
- assaultViolent offensive act
pincer
Grasping claw organ
- encirclementSurrounding enemy forces completely
- flankingAt the sides of
- spearheadLead an effort
infiltration · ambush · breakthrough · exploitation · mechanized · coordination
rapid
Moving with haste
quick · overwhelming · meteoric · whirlwind · fast · accelerated · relentless · unstoppable · momentum · decisive
devastating
Causing severe damage
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
destruction · shock · paralysis · collapse · capitulation · demoralization · disintegration · surrender · rout · overrun
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- 20th CenturyWorld War I aftermath, Cuban Missile Crisis, atomic bomb, New Deal, Nazi Germany
- strategystrategy, grand strategy, tactics, tactic, tactical
- warfarecombat, attack, war, armed conflict, military strategy
- wartimerationing, war economy, war bonds, war effort, evacuations
- World War IIAllies, Nazi, Hitler, Axis, Third Reich
blitzkriegwar of attrition
Prolonged conflict draining both sides
siege warfare · trench warfare · attrition · siege · sitzkrieg
blitzkriegtrickle
Thin, slow stream
dribble · drip · slow burn · measured response · gradual approach
blitzkriegdefense
Protection against harm
defensive · fortification · entrenchment · resistance · protection