Discuss the influences on the development of the Panzer arm

Discuss the influences on the development of the Panzer arm March 2004 The work submitted is my own work; all material I have used from other sources has been referenced with footnotes. Discuss the influences on the development of the Panzer arm Before looking at the British influences on the Germans, we must ask the question: who exactly in Germany created the Panzer arm? Hitler, War Minister Bloomberg, the Head of the Ministerial Office Reichenau and …

…Fuller were monitored by German intelligence and regularly printed in German journals. The British theorists and the British seminal concept of armoured warfare had always been, and continued to be, a closely studied authority for the creators of the Panzer arm. The traditional view of a decisive British influence on the formation of the Panzer arm is evident throughout the interwar period. Fuller and Liddell Hart made a great influence on the Germans armour development.