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Battle of Cambrai, British offensive (November–December 1917) on the Western Front during World War I that marked the first large-scale, effective use of tanks in warfare. Despite the British failure to exploit their initial success, the battle demonstrated that armor was the key to a decision on the Western Front.
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Changed Fighting Tactics On The Western Front. At dawn on 20 November 1917, the British Third Army launched an attack towards Cambrai using innovative methods that were to become a common feature of the fighting on the Western Front in 1918. The assault utilised the largest number of tanks yet assembled. It used an artillery barrage that was ...
Nov 27, 2017 · At dawn on 20 November 1917, the British Third Army launched an attack towards Cambrai using innovative methods that were to become a common feature of the fighting on the Western Front in 1918. The assault utilised the largest number of tanks yet assembled. It used an artillery barrage that was not previously registered, aiming to return an element of surprise to the battlefield. But ...
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- Background
- A Swift Advance
- Reversal of Fortune
- Aftermath
General Georg von der Marwitz1 corpsIn mid-1917, Colonel John F.C. Fuller, the Chief of Staff of the Tank Corps, devised a plan for using armor to raid the German lines. Since the terrain near Ypres-Passchendaele was too soft for tanks, he proposed a strike against St. Quentin, where the ground was hard and dry. As operations near St. Quentin would have required cooperation with Fren...
Advancing behind a surprise bombardment, Elles' tanks were to crush lanes through the German barbed wire and bridge the German trenches by filling them with bundles of brushwood known as fascines. Opposing the British was the German Hindenburg Line which consisted of three successive lines approximately 7,000 yards deep. These were manned by the 20...
That night, Byng sent his cavalry divisions forward to exploit the breach, but they were forced to turn back due to unbroken barbed wire. In Britain, for the first time since the start of the war, church bells rang in victory. Over the next ten days, the British advance slowed greatly, with III Corps halting to consolidate and the main effort takin...
The first major battle to feature a significant armored attack, British losses at Cambrai numbered 44,207 killed, wounded, and missing while German casualties were estimated at around 45,000. In addition, 179 tanks had been put out of action due to enemy action, mechanical issues, or "ditching." While the British gained some territory around Flesqu...
Nov 11, 2017 · In great secrecy, and under the cover of darkness, around 476 tanks, 1,000 guns, eight infantry and five cavalry divisions were massed at Cambrai. Zero hour was set for 6.20am on 20 November 1917. The German front line was quickly overrun and the British tanks continued on, punching deep into the German defences.
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Sep 20, 2024 · Battle of Cambrai, military engagement in northern France that took place during World War I from September 27 to October 11, 1918. It was part of a series of connected battles at the start of the “hundred days” campaign, which began with the Battle of Amiens in August and would lead to the defeat of Germany and the end of the war.
