First World War TanksAlthough tanks have become a symbol of military power, the first tanks were created as a temporary solution to the deadlock created by trench warfare. This book covers the design and development of tanks during the First World...E. Bartholomew...
The Battle of Cambrai, launched in November 1917, heralded the first time tanks were used in significant force, a little over a year after they had made their tentativedebut at Flerson theSommein September 1916. By the autumn of 1917 the popular reputation of tank effectiveness had suffered....
Machine GunsHow the German Army saw its potential before 1914 PistolsThe officer's weapon Poison GasFirst used by the French and popularised by the Germans RiflesStill the infantry's greatest asset TanksThe design and use of tanks during wartime ...
Although the design and deployment of First World War tanks have been extensively researched, mental images of the technology also played an important part in the machine's impact and have received insufficient attention (notable exceptions are Fox's study of German tank illustrations, Searle's ...
battle of Ypres, third battle of Ypres, Ypres - battle in World War I (1917); an Allied offensive which eventually failed because tanks bogged down in the waterlogged soil of Flanders; Germans introduced mustard gas which interfered with the Allied artillery Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipar...
Four years later, with over 10 million dead and Europe in complete ruin, over a thousand miles of trenches had been dug and poison gas, light machine guns, tanks, aircraft and modern artillery had all come into existence. This "First World War" had become the genesis of modern warfare, ...
World War battlefield, he might inadvertently stomp down on the cage and crush its occupants. Finally, it was decided that junior officers would be delegated to walk alongside the tanks for the purpose of communicating orders and other information. Keeping up with the tanks was really no ...
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