After inventing the tank in WW1, Britain failed to capitalize on this emerging technology. Germany did however and the full effects of this were seen in the unstoppable wave of Blitzkrieg in WW2. To combat Hitler's Panzers, Britain turned to a new type of tank, The Cromwell.

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