Weapons
Tank
An armored, tracked, gun-armed vehicle able to cross trenches and wire. The British first used tanks on 15 September 1916, at Flers-Courcelette; the name was a cover story, to suggest they were water tanks.
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- Chapter V The Year of Attrition Overview§9 The Somme II: From Bazentin to the Ancre
- Chapter VI The Year of Revolutions Overview§2 America Enters, and the World Follows§4 Arras, Vimy and the Chemin des Dames§5 Messines and Passchendaele§8 Cambrai: The Tanks Break Through, and Back§10 Baghdad, Beersheba and Jerusalem
- Chapter VII The Last Gamble Overview§3 Operation Michael: The Kaiser's Battle§4 Georgette, the Marne, and Why It Failed§5 The Americans Arrive, and the Second Marne§6 Amiens: The Black Day of the German Army§7 The Hundred Days: Breaking the Hindenburg Line
- Chapter VIII The Reckoning and the Remaking §3 The Treaty of Versailles§8 Mandates, Sèvres and the Making of Turkey
- Chapter X The Machinery of War Overview§4 Tanks: From Landships to Whippets§6 The Learning Curve: From Lines to Combined Arms§7 Messengers, Wires and Railways: Communications and Supply