This is the story of one of the classic “Blitzkrieg” battles of the War; how and why it occurred and, importantly, how the successful strategies and tactics used by the Germans came about.

Many of the best known and most successful commanders of the Second World War were involved in this battle including Generals Von Rundstedt, Von Manstein, Guderian and Rommel for the Germans, and British commanders Alan Brooke, Harold Alexander, Bernard Montgomery, Bertram Ramsay and Keith Park.