Lightning War

This documentary examines Blitzkrieg, the fast, overwhelming German tactic that dominated the early Second World War on land and in the air. It shows how the Nazis used it to overrun Poland and conquer France in a matter of weeks. Through strategy and combat it explains why the lightning war proved so devastatingly effective. It is a clear, absorbing account of the tactics that shaped the war's opening campaigns. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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