Complex sentence: 'Blitz' is a German word for lightning, and is used as a shorthand for Blitzkrieg--an early type of combined arms and maneuver warfare from which the US Marines contemporary combat doctrine was based.
Split into simpler sentences: 'Blitz' is a German word for lightning, and is used as a shorthand for Blitzkrieg. An early type of combined arms and maneuver warfare from which the US Marines contemporary combat doctrine was based.