At dawn on 24 April 1918, near Villers-Bretonneux, a British Mark V commanded by Lieutenant Frank Mitchell spotted three German A7V tanks advancing through smoke and mist. What followed was the first ...
Tanks are a staple in modern warfare. From the German Blitzkrieg through Poland and France in the early part of World War II, to the use of modern main battle tanks in the frontlines of Ukraine in ...
Intended to function as land ships with the firepower and mobility that could shatter the deadlock of trench warfare during World War I, the first tanks deployed in 1916 were massive, lumbering, and ...