I'm sure this will be a fun thread but why does the NFL use a Nazi/ German term for probably the most used defensive tactic? How do the resident nazis on this board feel about this?
'Blitz' and 'Blitzkreig' have different meanings and etymology - lightening and lightening war
There's also a lot of academic studies saying it was allied media that used the term 'blitzkrieg' and not a term the Wehrmacht used to define their rapid deployment of mechanised infantry units. The 'blitz', a term used to describe the bombing of London by the Luftwaffe was also popularised by allied media. So don't think it ever was really a 'Nazi term' though it is often (incorrectly) assumed it was popularised by the Germans during the Second World War
But predating that, we appear to have this:
Donner and
Blitzen, together with Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, and Cupid, were all named by American writer Clement Clarke Moore in his 1823 poem, 'The Night Before Christmas'. So really the use of 'blitz' in the US to mean lightening clearly predates WWII
Plus we have Blitz chess - though that might have an etymology that is post WWII ??
And of course the US also gave us the amazing 'Blitzkreig Bop, by the Ramones!!
