Blitz

Etymology
Shortened from. The was in truth not a, which is a rapid ground offensive based on superior tank forces. However, the word was current at the time for the successful German campaigns in Poland and France, and was transferred to the attacks on Britain, perhaps by association of with the bombings.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The series of air raids launched on various cities in Great Britain by the German air force in 1940–41 during World War II.

Etymology
From, from , from , whence 🇨🇬 and.

See also 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  a bolt of lightning
 * 2)  flash
 * 1)  flash