Germany’s
primary offensive strategy at the outset of World War II was their use of the
blitzkrieg or “lightning warfare”. After
defeating France and establishing a foothold by the North Sea across from Britain,
they initiated a bombing campaign now known as The Battle of Britain. Their intention was to break the morale of
the British people to acquire a quick capitulation by pressuring Churchill. It lasted from 1940 into 1941.
A total of 300
German bombers attacked London on September 7, 1940, in the first of 57
consecutive nights of relentless bombing.
The bombing sent the people into underground shelters isolating with
their families every night. By the end
of 1940, over 15,000 civilians had been killed.
But the bombing did not accomplish its desired objective, rather it had
the opposite effect by coalescing the British people to face a common enemy
with a steady resolve! A Gallop poll
revealed that 97% of Britons expected to win the war, volunteers increased,
longer shifts were worked and contributions for “Spitfire Funds” increased as
the Britons out produced the Germans in aircraft. And they turned the blitzkrieg on its ear
with their self-proclaimed “blitz spirit”!
I’ve noticed
that there are a lot of folks that have been intently observing all of the
blitzkrieg initiatives in our country for almost four years, starting with the
relentless first two and a half years of a sham impeachment of our duly elected
President. This included a special
investigation costing millions of taxpayer dollars followed by no evidence of
impeachable wrong doing. The entire
fiasco distracted the nation from the release of a worldwide viral pandemic
which has sent all of us into an attempted economic and morale buster. Politics in America seems to have reached a
new low in divisiveness.
As the 2020 “infection
election” draws nearer, most of us around the country have sat in our living
rooms dutifully trying to slow the spread of the virus while watching protests in
the streets being hijacked by criminal rioters.
And we have watched as mayors of many of our largest cities stand by and
let them destroy the safety and property of their citizens—and our
country! Now we’re even hearing “Chicken
Little” screaming about the Post Office and a six-foot meteor that has less than a
one-half of one percent chance of hitting our planet close to election day.
Political polls
were totally wrong in the Presidential election of 2016, perhaps because of the
Silent Majority that loves this country and its foundational beliefs. This country is not perfect and it’s
imperative to make it better. Even
Martin Luther King, Jr understood that the majority of Americans and people all
over the world like the 1940 Britons also understand that a systematic blitzkrieg
of violence and deception is not the ultimate way to victory.
And that can stir a Blitz Spirit in response!
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