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Image: British Mark IV tank at Wailly

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Description: A British Mark IV tank at Wailly. This shows how it would appear to occupants of the German trenches during the Battle of Cambrai. This was the first occasion on which tanks were launched en masse in a surprise attack and it clearly demonstrated the potential of the armoured vehicle - 21 October 1917
Title: British Mark IV tank at Wailly
Credit: This photograph Q 6284 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author: John Warwick Brooke
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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