Blitzkrieg

surprise attack using a rapid, overwhelming force concentration of infantry and air support intended to break through, dislocate and unbalance the enemy
Intangible method Q56506
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Blitzkrieg

Summary

Blitzkrieg is a method[1]. Blitzkrieg ranks in the top 1% of method entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,425 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Blitzkrieg is the creator of Alfred von Schlieffen[3].
  • Blitzkrieg's image is recorded as Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-218-0504-36, Russland-Süd, Panzer III, Schützenpanzer, 24.Pz.Div. (cropped).jpg[4].
  • Blitzkrieg's instance of is recorded as method[5].
  • Blitzkrieg's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85076937[6].
  • Blitzkrieg's subclass of is recorded as military tactics[7].
  • Blitzkrieg's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01h2s[8].
  • Blitzkrieg's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph573135[9].
  • Blitzkrieg's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Blitzkrieg[10].
  • Blitzkrieg's U.S. National Archives Identifier is recorded as 10662874[11].
  • Blitzkrieg's facet of is recorded as military science[12].
  • Blitzkrieg's described by source is recorded as Skopje[13].
  • Blitzkrieg's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[14].
  • Blitzkrieg's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000320569[15].
  • Blitzkrieg's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/blitzkrieg[16].
  • Blitzkrieg's different from is recorded as Blitzkrieg[17].
  • Blitzkrieg's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as guerre-eclair-blitzkrieg[18].
  • Blitzkrieg's Quora topic ID is recorded as Blitzkrieg[19].
  • Blitzkrieg's National Library of Korea ID is recorded as KSH1999015161[20].
  • Blitzkrieg's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778815507[21].
  • Blitzkrieg's Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID is recorded as guerra-lampo[22].
  • Blitzkrieg's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007529227305171[23].
  • Blitzkrieg's BHCL UUID is recorded as 1d89557b-7d0f-491e-83fd-1c620297a14e[24].
  • Blitzkrieg's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as blitskrig-9ccf27[25].
  • Blitzkrieg's WikiKids ID is recorded as Blitzkrieg[26].
  • Blitzkrieg's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 110552[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Blitzkrieg is the creator of Alfred von Schlieffen[3]. Things named for Blitzkrieg include the Blitz[28], an aerial bombing of a city[29], in United Kingdom[30].

Why It Matters

Blitzkrieg ranks in the top 1% of method entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,425 views/month).[2] Blitzkrieg has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Blitzkrieg is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Entities named for Blitzkrieg include the Blitz[28], an aerial bombing of a city[29], in United Kingdom[30].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Bibliography of the History of the Czech Lands. Retrieved . biblio.hiu.cas.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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