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Author: jatay3

Jul 31st 2013 at 9:10:58 PM

The Finnish "Mottis" during the Winter War were an example of a counterblitzkrieg done primarily with light infantry. Ski troops would circle round through the forest and cut the enemy into chunks where they could freeze to death. This is a curious example both because it was a counteroffensive rather then a straightout offensive and because it was carried out by a FragileSpeedster(ski-troops) rather then a LightningBruiser(tanks of which the Finnish army was chronically short along with everything else but pluck or "sisu" as they call it).

Naval warfare in the Pacific in WorldWarII had some of these traits. Carriers would smash their way through acting like panzers at sea, while marines would do the job of infantry, reducing islands after the sea around them was controlled. For instance before the Second Phillipines Campaign, Admiral Halsey raced all the way to Okinawa and destroyed the local air force keeping it from supporting opposition to MacArthur's landing. At the same time of course, Japanese maritime traffic(slowing to a trickle anyway) would have been completely shut down by the mere knowledge that Halsey was there, just as French roads were shut down by the appearance of Guderian.