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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: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that French Wiktionary be merged into this article or section. ... Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity, which usually, but not always, occurs during rain storms, and frequently during volcanic eruptions or dust storms. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

The defining characteristic of what is commonly known as Blitzkrieg is that it is a highly mobile form of mechanized warfare. ... Heinkel He 111 German bomber over the Surrey Docks, Southwark, London (German propaganda photomontage) The Blitz was the sustained bombing of the United Kingdom by National Socialist Germany between 7 September 1940 and 16 May 1941 in World War II. It was carried out by the Luftwaffe to retaliate the... The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids were a series of reprisal raids for the bombing of the erstwhile Hanseatic League city of Lübeck during World War II, which was being used to supply the Russian front. ... The Belfast Bomb Blitz and Bloody Friday are among the names given to the bombings by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) in and around Belfast, Northern Ireland on July 21, 1972. ... The Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA) is a paramilitary group which aimed, through the use of violence, to achieve three goals: (i) British withdrawal from Ireland, (ii) the political unification of Ireland through the merger of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland , and (iii) the creation of an all... In American football, a blitz is a defensive maneuver in which one or more linebackers or defensive backs, who normally remain behind the line of scrimmage during a play, are instead sent across the line to the opponents side in order to try to tackle the quarterback. ... Blitz is the official mascot of the Seattle Seahawks, a team in the National Football Conference of the National Football League. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... City Seattle, Washington Team colors Pacific Blue, Navy Blue, Neon Green, White Head Coach Mike Holmgren Owner Paul Allen General manager Tim Ruskell Mascot Blitz, and Taima the augur hawk League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1976–present) American Football Conference (1977-2001) AFC West (1977-2001) National Football Conference... Blitz chess (also known as speed chess or blitzkrieg chess) is a game of chess where each side is given very little time to make all of their moves. ... Blitz Games - Independent Video Game Developer Based in UK COMPANY INFORMATION Dec 2005 Mission Statement To create critically and commercially successful games within a stable, friendly and professional environment conducive to maximum creativity. ... Blitz BASIC is a compiler for the BASIC programming language. ... Thirty-one is a card game played by between two and seven people inclusive. ... Blitz was a Breakout-style game for the Commodore PET. A plane moved along the screen at a steady speed. ... Bob and George is a sprite-based webcomic which parodies the fictional universe of Mega Man. ... This article is about the European car manufacturer. ... BlitzMail is an e-mail system used at Dartmouth College. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Dartmouth College is a private academic institution in Hanover, New Hampshire, in the United States. ... Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury is editor of the controversial Bangladeshi tabloid The Weekly Blitz. ... Front cover of Week 1, Session 1, 2006 issue of Blitz Blitz is a student magazine published every week of Session and O-Week by the Source, a student union based at the University of New South Wales. ... The logo of the Source The Source is the main commercial organisation at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. ... The University of New South Wales or UNSW is a university situated in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... Blitz is a Portuguese music newspaper. ... Blitz! is a musical by Lionel Bart. ... Lionel Bart (1930-1999) was a British composer of songs musicals, best known for Oliver! Bart was born Lionel Begleiter in London to Galician Jews, and grew up in Stepney. ... Heinkel He 111 German bomber over the Surrey Docks, Southwark, London (German propaganda photomontage) The Blitz was the sustained bombing of the United Kingdom by National Socialist Germany between 7 September 1940 and 16 May 1941 in World War II. It was carried out by the Luftwaffe to retaliate the... Blitz is a British punk/Oi! band who had enjoyed success in the indie charts in the early 1980s. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Blitz was a quirky Brazilian New Wave rock band from the 1980s, which spawned several well known Brazilian musicians such as Lobão, Evandro Mesquita and Fernanda Abreu. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... NFL Blitz was a football game series based on the NFL by Midway until 2005 when the NFL signed an exclusive licensing deal with EA Sports. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Midway Games (NYSE: MWY) (formerly Midway Manufacturing) is an American video game publisher. ... For other uses of National Football League, see National Football League (disambiguation). ... EA redirects here. ... London Blitz are a British American Football Team based in North London at Finsbury Park Stadium. ... The Blitz, which debuted on the first day of the 2005 NFL Season (September 11, 2005), airs on ESPNEWS on Sundays, from 1:00pm ET to 11:00pm ET. // When The Blitz debuted in 2005, it originally consisted of scores and highlights of NFL games around the country, along with... ESPNEWS (word origin: grammatical blend of ESPN and news), launched on November 1, 1996, is a 24-hour-a-day sports news television channel produced by the sports network ESPN. It airs news, highlights, press conferences, and commentary by analysts all in relation to sports. ... Blitz is a fictional anthropomorphic dog from the action/comedy cartoon Road Rovers that premiered in September 1996. ... An anthropomorphic character; a cat ascribed human characteristics. ... Country of origin Germany Common nicknames Dobie Classification Breed standards (external links) FCI, AKC, ANKC, CKC KC(UK), NZKC, UKC The Dobermann or Doberman Pinscher (also, more colloquially, Dobie) is a breed of domestic dog. ... Road Rovers is an action adventure / comedy cartoon. ... The Blitz (Norwegian: Blitzen) is an anarchistic, communistic and socialistic youth movement in Norway. ... Politics is the process and method of decision-making for groups of human beings. ... It has been suggested that Origins of anarchism and History of anarchism be merged into this article or section. ...

Personal name

Julien Paul Blitz (1885-1951), was the first music director of the Houston Symphony, holding that position from 1913 to 1916. ...

Blitz in German

The term Blitz (literal translation: lightning) is used in the German language for "extraordinary": like "blitzschnell" for extraordinarily fast, "blitzsauber" for extraordinarily clean, "blitzgescheit" for extraordinarily smart. Today these words have started sounding a bit outdated. Another common use is "wie ein Blitz einschlagen" striking like a lightning/bolt, a phrase for something material or non-material reaching the people unexpectedly, quickly and surprisingly like a new product with extraordinary success or totally unexpected news. Blitz also refers to the Germanic god Thor. Germanic mythology gained some importance during the Third Reich. Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity, which usually, but not always, occurs during rain storms, and frequently during volcanic eruptions or dust storms. ... Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) is the red-haired and bearded god of thunder in Norse Mythology and more generally Germanic mythology (Old English: Þunor, Old Dutch and Old High German: Donar, from Proto-Germanic *Þunraz). ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...


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