Would Blitzkrieg Work Today?

In today's warfare, blitzkrieg would be totally useless. Blitzkrieg is nothing else than a force using surprise and moving faster than the opposing force, hitting at points that are vulnerable. These all are timeless warfare principles: speed, maneuver, surprise, mass of force, etc.

Is blitzkrieg still used today?

Yes and no. For obvious reasons, we no longer call it blitzkrieg. In fact, the modern US version of blitzkrieg was developed by innovators like George S. ... After World War II, American forces did not have an opportunity to fight the kind of battle that Patton had developed.

Why was the blitzkrieg not successful?

But Blitzkrieg was less successful against well organised defences. The flanks of rapidly advancing mobile forces were vulnerable to counter-attack. Soviet commanders learned to blunt German assaults with successive defence lines of guns and infantry.