Chapter 11War Resumes For Real
At the start of World War II the Germans used their now infamous “blitzkrieg” tactics to overwhelm lesser forces or to outflank those which might be able to fight. They would then surround their enemy and whittle them down to defeat with bombing, massed artillery and ground forces, backed up by many tanks.
After the Germans had completed the conquest of Belgium, France, The Netherlands as well as annexed the Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary and taken Greece from the British, there came a period of quiet. This period of months on end without attack by the Germans anywhere became known in the press as the “Sitzkrieg.” The press speculated the end of the war was at hand, said the Germans had accomplished all they wanted. Then Germany moved again and attacke
