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Originally Posted by Heibges
Hi Skybird,
I'm trying to remember the German phrase for the opposite of Blitzkrieg.
If I remember blitzkrieg is "rapid manuever for the purpose of seizing key terrain".
But I can't remember the German phrase for "rapid maneuver for the purpose of destroying troops."
Any ideas?
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Sorry, no idea. Can't remember that we have a special phrase for that kind of warfare you are describing. I would have listed both your categories under "Blitzkrieg". I do not see you two categories as opposites, btw.
Only seek&destroy comes to my mind. But obviously, that is not German, and means something slightly different.
A separate phrase I know is "Grabenkrieg", which translates into "trench warfare".
The German word for "war" is "Krieg", which in ancient German (Althochdeutsch) was "Chreg", and that meant "obstinacy" (Hartnäckigkeit).
Is there an English word for what you mean?