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Stage 1 of 3
Blitz
German · medieval
"lightning"
lightning, combined with Krieg (war)
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Stage 2 of 3
blitzkrieg
German · 1935
"a fast, overwhelming military attack"
coined for a military strategy of fast, overwhelming surprise attacks
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Stage 3 of 3
blitzkrieg
English · 1939
"a rapid, intensive military attack"
adopted directly as the German military tactic became known worldwide
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