THE Battle of Cambrai was a massive tank-led assault by the British against German occupiers in northern France during the First World War. It is credited with signalling the birth of brutal ...

The British tank rumbled up the unmade road and came to a juddering halt at the T-junction. The roar of the engine drowned out everything else around. The replica Mark IV could either turn left into ...

EACH month archivist Steve Berridge transcribes the war diary and regimental chronicle of the 2nd Battalion of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. This month he is focusing on the ...

In November 1917, British forces launched the Battle of Cambrai with a massive concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery, and new surprise tactics designed to smash through the Hindenburg Line.

Tanks are as relevant in current warfare as they were 100 years ago at the Battle of Cambrai, an Army commander has said. During the First World War 476 British tanks spectacularly broke through enemy ...

This year marks 100 years since the Battle of Cambrai, which saw the first large-scale use of tanks in battle. A historian who uncovered one of the vehicles explains why they are so important. Diana’s ...

Members of the Tank Corps describe the excitement and rapid gains of the first day of the Battle of Cambrai, where new tactics and new technology helped the British to achieve that most elusive of ...

Guy Martin wants to build a working replica of a World War One tank, pass his tank driving test, and drive the machine at Lincoln’s Remembrance Day parade. You can catch this show on Channel 4 Sunday ...

Battle to take a strategically important area near Calais in Northern France from the Germans in the First World War led to the development of a brand new type of warfare - using tanks THE Battle of ...

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