Development of British Tank Tactics 1917 I THE GREAT WAR Special

The Battle of Cambrai 100 years ago was one of the pivotal moments for the British Tank Corps and tank combat in general. For the first time, the tanks were deployed in a way that they could play out their strengths.

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Literature (excerpt):

Gilbert, Martin. The First World War. A Complete History, Holt Paperbacks, 2004.

Hart, Peter. The Great War. A Combat History of the First World War, Oxford University Press, 2013.

Hart, Peter. The Great War. 1914-1918, Profile Books, 2013.

Stone, Norman. World War One. A Short History, Penguin, 2008.

Keegan, John. The First World War, Vintage, 2000.

Hastings, Max. Catastrophe 1914. Europe Goes To War, Knopf, 2013.

Hirschfeld, Gerhard. Enzyklopädie Erster Weltkrieg, Schöningh Paderborn, 2004

Michalka, Wolfgang. Der Erste Weltkrieg. Wirkung, Wahrnehmung, Analyse, Seehamer Verlag GmbH, 2000

Leonhard, Jörn. Die Büchse der Pandora: Geschichte des Ersten Weltkrieges, C.H. Beck, 2014

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