Battle of Cambrai

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The Battle of Cambrai was a British attack in the First World War, followed by the biggest German counter-attack against the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) since 1914. The town of Cambrai, in the département of Nord, in France, was an important supply centre for the German Siegfriedstellung and capture of the town and the nearby Bourlon Ridge would threaten the rear of the German line to the north. Major General Henry Tudor, Commander, Royal Artillery (CRA), of the 9th (Scottish) Division, advocated the use of new artillery-infantry tactics on his sector of the front. During preparations, J. F. C. Fuller, a staff officer with the Tank Corps, looked for places to use tanks for raids. General Julian Byng, commander of the Third Army, decided to combine both plans. The French and British armies had used tanks en masse earlier in 1917, although to considerably less effect.

1917  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Battle of Cambrai 1917
battle, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, German Empire, United States, 

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The Battle of Cambrai, November-december 1917 Q6360The Battle of Cambrai, November-december 1917 Q6360
The Battle of Cambrai, November-december 1917 Q6310The Battle of Cambrai, November-december 1917 Q6310
The Battle of Cambrai, November-december 1917 Q6319The Battle of Cambrai, November-december 1917 Q6319
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1990-055-02A, Bei Cambrai, zerstörte englische TanksBundesarchiv Bild 146-1990-055-02A, Bei Cambrai, zerstörte englische Tanks
Bundesarchiv Bild 146-1990-055-07A, Frankreich, zerschossene englische PanzerBundesarchiv Bild 146-1990-055-07A, Frankreich, zerschossene englische Panzer
Loading of German and English wounded on converted streetcars in Cambrai - NARA - 17390161Loading of German and English wounded on converted streetcars in Cambrai - NARA - 17390161
The Tank Warfare on the Western Front, 1917-1918 Q6299The Tank Warfare on the Western Front, 1917-1918 Q6299
Bundesarchiv Bild 104-0937A, Bei Cambrai, zerstörter englischer Panzer Mark IBundesarchiv Bild 104-0937A, Bei Cambrai, zerstörter englischer Panzer Mark I
Bundesarchiv Bild 104-0941A, Bei Cambrai, zerstörter englischer Panzer Mark IBundesarchiv Bild 104-0941A, Bei Cambrai, zerstörter englischer Panzer Mark I
Aerial photographer of Tanks during Battle of Cambrai 1917Aerial photographer of Tanks during Battle of Cambrai 1917
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    commonsimageBundesarchiv Bild 104-0941A, Bei Cambrai, zerstörter englischer Panzer Mark I Commons
    commonsimageAerial photographer of Tanks during Battle of Cambrai 1917 Commons
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