War of movement

A war of movement is a war in which the military units of at least one side are on the advance. There are hardly any permanent entrenchments ( bunkers , fortresses , etc.) on the part of the advancing power ; these are only used to ward off possible counter-attacks. In contrast to trench warfare , war on the move frequently changes the course of the front.

Well-known examples are sections of the Second World War that were marked by the rapid advance of the German Wehrmacht ( Blitzkrieg ) through Europe, or later by the advance of the Red Army and the Western Allies .

literature

• Christian Th. Müller : Beyond the material battle: The First World War as a war of movement . Verlag Ferdinand Schöningh, 2018, ISBN 978-3-506-77870-3 .