÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷÷At the beginning of World War II, after the brilliant blitzkriegs of the Wehrmacht in Poland and France, it seemed to everyone that there was no escape from the German tactics of “lightning war”, that the Germans managed to pick up the “key to victory”, to acquire a universal means of armed struggle that would allow them to defeat any enemy in the shortest possible time. However, already in the fall of 1941, on the Eastern Front, the “blitzkrieg” strategy failed for the first time. Further miscalculations of the German command did not allow the Wehrmacht to fully realize its tactical superiority, and the “anti-blitzkrieg” on the Kursk Bulge, which became the grave of the Panzerwaffe, predetermined the outcome of the war. Meanwhile, the Red Army adopted combat experience from the enemy, mastering its tactics. And if Stalingrad, “Bagration” and the Vistula-Oder operation, strictly speaking, cannot yet be called classics of blitzkrieg, then the Manchurian strategic offensive operation of 1945 became an example of “lightning war”. A new book by a leading military historian! A fresh look at blitzkrieg strategy and tactics. An in-depth analysis of the main offensive operations of World War II. The true story of the “lightning war”.