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106 years ago, the first tank battle took place. We recall how tanks appeared during the First World War (not without the help of Churchill) and after several failures broke its course - history in archival footage
On April 24, 1918, the first tank battle in history took place on the Western Front of the First World War. Three German tanks jumped on three British tanks, and the battle ended almost in a draw. Tanks appeared as a response to protracted trench warfare to exhaustion and were meant to break through enemy fortifications. The first heavy armored vehicles based on tracked tractors began to be developed by the British. And the funds for development…
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On April 24, 1918, the first tank battle in history took place on the Western Front of the First World War. Three German tanks jumped on three British tanks, and the battle ended almost in a draw. Tanks appeared as a response to protracted trench warfare to exhaustion and were meant to break through enemy fortifications. The first heavy armored vehicles based on tracked tractors began to be developed by the British. And the funds for development…