Blitzkrieg Blitzkrieg was a strategy used by the Germans in world war 2. In English Blitzkrieg means "Lightning war". Blitzkrieg was a was strategy that was a quick and surprise kinda thing to capture Poland and then they did it to France. Blitzkrieg was when the Germans would bomb the country with their airplanes and then would go through with tanks and foot soldiers.Blitzkrieg was a success both times the Germans used it. There were mainly 3 countries involved: Germany, Poland, and France. The first attack was in 1939 on Poland. Shortly after the first attack Germany tried it on France and it succeeded and then the Germans