For centuries, the fire of industry has blazed bright in Birmingham. Known as the commercial center of the Midlands, Birmingham breathed life into the Industrial Revolution with innovations such as the Watt steam engine and the world's first mechanized cotton mill. When invaders came to Britain's shores, Birmingham's motor and manufacturing industries rose to the challenge again, producing tanks and guns to stop the Hun's onslaught.

It would not prove to be enough. Birmingham's factories were leveled by the Luftwaffe, its streets stomped through by the jackboots of the Heer. The city's flame of industry burns for a new master now, scorching its workers under ever-growing shifts and the demand from the Reich for more cars, more equipment, ever more. Once crushed by the Germans, the city's factories have been rebuilt to serve them instead, under the guiding hand of Daimler-Benz and Reichswerke.

The greedy fingers of Germany have grasped Birmingham's industry tightly, but they may still find themselves burned by a steep lesson; a fire is easily lit, but can just as easily burn out of control.