British Brigadier General Hugh Elles manages to create a force of 476 tanks which he leads personally into battle across the trenches. This is the largest force of tanks assembled until this point, and the attack takes the Germans completely off guard.
The British and their tanks advance 10,000 yards, and this success is so significant that it is still commemorated by the Royal Tank Regiment to this day.
The Tank Museum
20 November 1917- The Battle of Cambrai begins.
British Brigadier General Hugh Elles manages to create a force of 476 tanks which he leads personally into battle across the trenches. This is the largest force of tanks assembled until this point, and the attack takes the Germans completely off guard.
The British and their tanks advance 10,000 yards, and this success is so significant that it is still commemorated by the Royal Tank Regiment to this day.
To learn more about Cambrai and the Mark IV tanks the British used, click here: https://youtu.be/sF9-oQHN6_c
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