Quote Originally Posted by M.L. View Post
I'm sure Mr. Owen will still tell you blitzkrieg is imaginary.
Not imaginary. It's use just just delineates the informed student from the uninformed, once they are aware of the argument.

I've used the word "Blitzkrieg." Having spent nearly two years reading most of the inter-war FSRs, and the German scholarship on the matter, I no longer do. If I did, I would look like an idiot to those informed on the subject.

I used to say (and sadly believe in ) "Manoeuvre Warfare," and use terms like "Recon Pull." Having studied the subject, and done the work, I no longer do. If I did, I would appear foolish. Thus when I now read a work that talks about "manoeuvre warfare," as a distinct and contrasting form of operations, it tells me the man doing the writing has not examined his subject rigourously.