If your choices are the following: A. The tactic created a stalemate between Great Britain and Germany on the western front. B. The tactic's brutal total war techniques led the United States to declare war on Germany. C. The tactic's reliance on speed and surprise led Germany to great success in the early years of the war. D. The tactic shifted major German military battles from land conflicts to naval and aerial battles
The correct answer is "The tactic's reliance on speed and surprise led Germany to great success in the early years of the war."
"Blitzkrieg" was a warfare method created by the Nazi Regime during the early stages of the Second World War. It consisted of assigning a dense concentration of armored and motorized units into the front part while attempting to break on an opponent's line of defense. This group was covered by air support. The result was the rapid dislocation of the defenders, which saw themselves circled by enemy units in the ground and by air. This technique let the Germans take rapid control of countries like Poland.
World War II forced Americans to confront the fact that African-Americans were dying for the United States in battle but when they came home, they were subjected to horrific discrimination.
Queen Elizabeth's decisive defeat of the Invincible Armada made England a world-class power and introduced effective long-range weapons into naval warfare for the first time, ending the era of boarding and close-quarter fighting.
