This is the epic story about the invention and development of a new form of warfare that became known as Blitzkrieg.

When German Panzers broke out of the Ardennes Forest in the spring of 1940, the French and the British were taken by complete surprise. They should not have been. It was, after all, the British who had invented the Tank and had also developed it use.

But the Germans were now using it to great success against its own creator. This story features British political ineptitude plus complacent military commanders who lacked imagination. The result was a near costly blunder brought on by British short-sightedness in the face of a resurgent German Army of the 1930s. The story highlights concern over the recent failure of European politicians to learn the lessons from this story in maintaining adequate defences post the Cold War.