However, they made a successful use of Blitzkrieg tactics very difficult.
Soviet generals were impressed by the success of the German blitzkrieg tactics.
In 1984, 11,000 infantrymen were even trained to execute blitzkrieg tactics.
Hitler's blitzkrieg (lightning war) tactics had caught the world flat-footed.
Tank destroyer units were meant to counter German blitzkrieg tactics.
The following year Germany turned its blitzkrieg tactics against the Soviet Union.
Later, intense aerial bombardment became a crucial preliminary step in the Blitzkrieg tactic.
Multi-turreted, heavy and slow, they did not fit in with the Blitzkrieg tactics and therefore only five were made.
The Neubaufahrzeug was considered too slow for Blitzkrieg tactics and fell from favour.
He then prepared a detailed report on the workings of German Blitzkrieg tactics, and possible precautions against it.