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Liddell Hart's works on mobile warfare were considered unorthodox and things of novelty when they were first published. Nevertheless, they were taken to heart by officers such as Charles de Gaulle of France and Heinz Guderian of Germany before the European War began. By Sep 1939, LH's student (so-to-speak) Guderian proved to the world the worth of LH's works. "When the theory [of mobile warfare] had been originally developed in Britain, its action had been depicted in terms of the play of 'lightning'", said LH. "From now on, aptly but ironically, it came into worldwide currency under the title 'Blitzkrieg' -- the German redering."

I wonder if the comment of "lightning" in English had anything to do with the German adoptation of the term "Blitzkrieg"?

LH's quote was taken from the Last Lion Vol II by William Manchester.