Blitz
Blitz, the German word for lightning, and often used figuratively as in blitzschnell (as fast as lightning), may mean any of a number of things in English:
- Blitzkrieg, the "lightning war" strategy of WWII Germany
- The Blitz, the German attack on London in WWII
- Baedeker Blitz, the reprisal bombing of strategically unimportant but picturesque British cities
- Blitz, a defensive maneuver in American football
- Blitz chess, a fast chess game allowing only 5 minutes for each player
- Blitz BASIC, a fast dialect of the BASIC programming language
- "Ballroom Blitz", a song
- Blitz, a card game
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