Rapid deployment of combat forces into battle, named Blitzkrieg by the Nazi German army, was the invasion tactic employed by Adolf Hitler’s armies. This tactic accounted for the German victories during the initial battles of World War II. Combat aircraft and armored vehicles, including tanks, personnel carriers and mobile artillery employed in rapid advances on a limited front, resulted in rapid incursions into enemy territory. 

Stunning victories were recorded against Poland, France, and British forces in the North African desert by rapidly moving German Panzer Divisions. Similar tactics were initially very effective after Germany abrogated the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact and attacked Russia in 1941. 

Behind these successes lay the well-developed and innovative German automotive and aircraft industries, with their many Jewish inventors, engineers, and entrepreneurs.

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