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Oct 6, 2016 · Frieser is certainly correct regarding the term and its original meaning. "Blitzkrieg" appeared frequently in newspapers, magazines, and a few books prior to 1 September 1939 and was used to describe the concept of a knockout blow, a war of short duration.
He published an account of the German war against France, denouncing the Blitzkrieg myth, which was translated into several languages (The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in the West). [1] He was also one of the principal researchers for the German semi-official history project Germany and the Second World War .
Jan 15, 2013 · The key to victory or defeat, Frieser argues, was the execution of operational plans—both preplanned and ad hoc—amid the eternal Clausewitzian combat factors of friction and the fog of war.
Jul 25, 2012 · The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in the West Frieser, Karl-Heinz, with John T. Greenwood: Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 496 pp., Publication Date: October 2005
- Rick Baillergeon
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Apr 2, 2006 · Frieser's The Blitzkrieg Legend develops the thesis that the German success arose, not from the application of a carefully conceived blitzkrieg strategy, but from "the accidental coincidence of the most varied factors" (p. 2).
Frieser shows why on the eve of the campaign the British and French leaders had good cause to be confident and why many German generals were understandably concerned that disaster was looming for them.
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The key to victory or defeat, Frieser argues, was the execution of operational plans—both preplanned and ad hoc—amid the eternal Clausewitzian combat factors of friction and the fog of war.
