The British may or may not have invented the concentration
camp, but they invented the term.


wrote:
No, they didn't. Two British journalists translated the Spanish
term 'reconcentrado' into English. A reconcentrado was a Spanish
concentration camp used in Cuba in 1896-1898.


OK, thanks for the info.



They also invented the blitzkrieg.


But we never had the sense to use it.

I'd put it somewhat differently: "had the sense not to use
it where inappropriate, and the good fortune not to need it."

DSK