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Re: Was blitzkrieg really that revolutionary?
Not sure on the civilian thing TRDG. It did happen though. I would also imagine the civilians mostly went of their own accord to avoid the fighting so it may have an automatic by product.
I know the planes were communicating via ground air controllers who were usually in half tracks with good comms systems. This was a vital component for picking targets and giving immediate feedback on results. It would have made the target units very edgy when each plane or wave seemed to be able to zero in so well.
It didn't always work well as Guderian found out in France. He was attacked by a couple of planes, one of which was shot down by German troops as it attacked. Guderian told the pilot off but also congratulated him on his tenacity - something like that.
The impact on rear area supplies and command posts must have had a huge effect on coordination of the defending forces too. Communications and transport would have been the other obvious targets.
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