Editing Blitzkrieg (section)

====Rommel====
According to David A. Grossman, by the [[Battle of Caporetto|Twelfth Battle of Isonzo]] (October–November 1917), while he was conducting a light-infantry operation, Rommel had perfected his maneuver-warfare principles, which were the very same ones that were applied during the blitzkrieg against France in 1940 and were repeated in the [[Coalition of the Gulf War|Coalition]] ground offensive against Iraq in the [[1991 Gulf War]].{{sfn|Grossman|1993|pp=316–335}} During the Battle of France and against his staff advisor's advice, Hitler ordered that everything should be completed in a few weeks. Fortunately for the Germans, Rommel and Guderian disobeyed the General Staff's orders (particularly those of General [[Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist]]) and forged ahead making quicker progress than anyone had expected, on the way "inventing the idea of Blitzkrieg".{{sfn|Stroud|2013|pp=33–34}}

It was Rommel who created the new archetype of Blitzkrieg by leading his division far ahead of flanking divisions.{{sfn|Brighton|2008|p=247}} MacGregor and Williamson remark that Rommel's version of blitzkrieg displayed a significantly better understanding of combined-arms warfare than that of Guderian.{{sfn|Murray|MacGregor|2001|p=172}} General [[Hermann Hoth]] submitted an official report in July 1940 which declared that Rommel had "explored new paths in the command of Panzer divisions".{{sfn|Showalter|2006|p=200}}