In contrast to the trench-war deadlock on the Western Front,
combat in Romania and Transylvania in 1916 foreshadowed the
lightning warfare of WWII. When Romania joined the Allies and
invaded Transylvania without warning, the Germans responded by
unleashing a campaign of bold, rapid infantry movements, with
cavalry providing cover or pursuing the crushed foe. Hitting where
least expected and advancing before the Romanians could react even
bombing their capital from a Zeppelin soon after war was declared
the Germans and Austrians poured over the formidable Transylvanian
Alps onto the plains of Walachia, rolling up the Romanian army from
west to east, and driving the shattered remnants into Russia.
Prelude to Blitzkrieg tells the story of this largely ignored
campaign to determine why it did not devolve into the mud and
misery of trench warfare, so ubiquitous elsewhere."
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