blitzkrieg

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Moreover, Papic believes the Strait of Hormuz will be prised open shortly, not just because of America’s blitzkrieg but by a coordinated response from the rest of the world.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

“There needs to be a media blitzkrieg, local governments should warn people to stay indoors and make their hospitals ready to deal with heat-related cases,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 29, 2023

The on-again, off-again deal could be sealed within just three weeks, a sprint that Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a Yale management professor, tells DealBook is “absolute blitzkrieg speed!”

From New York Times • Oct. 13, 2022

"The economic blitzkrieg tactics, the onslaught they were counting on, did not work," he said on state TV while chairing a meeting on the economy.

From Reuters • Sep. 13, 2022

The Nazis were conducting a new kind of war called a blitzkrieg, or “lightning war.”

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti