Battle of Cambrai 1917: The Dawn of Tank Warfare (WW1 Documentary)
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Published 2023-01-20
The Battle of Cambrai 1917 didn't have a clear winner, but the conclusions that Germany and Britain drew from it, particularly about the use of the tank (in combinations with other arms), would have far reaching consequences in 1918.
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Boff, Jonahan. Haig’s Enemy. 2018.
Hammond, Bryn. Cambrai 1917: The Myth of the First Great Tank Battle. 2008.
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Presented by: Jesse Alexander, David Willey
Written by: Jesse Alexander
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All Comments (21)
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Watch 16 Days in Berlin on Nebula: nebula.tv/videos/16-days-in-berlin-01-prologue-the…
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With more than 100 tanks lost I bet the day of the tank was well and truly over after this battle.
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These are the episodes I look forward to most! Picking a specific WW1 topic about a tactic, strategy, weapon, etc. and exploring it in-depth. Please keep up the great content like this!
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I like this presenter's style, very matter-of-fact and mature, sober, precise. great pronunciations of the German and French terms.
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There's something chilling watching this and seeing both sides learn how to use and counter tanks. While also hearing bits and pieces of Modern warfare tactics come to life.
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Still nothing beats going back into the history of WWI, there is still so much to learn. Another excellent episode, please keep on making them in between the other topics👌
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really love you guys are doing dedicated documentaries of specific events. it was a little easy to loose context in the main series cuz it was like "this week a thing happened in 900 countries in one week" and im like "wait... slow down". not a criticism just really helps to rewatch the old ones with dedicated event context.
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My great great uncle fought and died in 1917 during the battle of Passchendaele. His body was never recovered as it sank into the muddy field. His name is one of many thousands engraved on the walls of the Flanders war memorial. Lest we forget
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My Grandfather switched from horses to tanks as a army colonel. I have pics of all the 1917-18 tanks and the crews.
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It does seem odd that the Germans were so tardy to adopt armor and then became the premier proponents of armored warfare in the next war. Also, unpaid endorsement- Nebula is great and well worth it.
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Thank you! Most documentaries on the First world War, make it sound like the armies all just stumbled around and won or lost as a matter of luck. I've never heard about the planning and training for battles like this. Most enlighting.
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Thanks for this in-depth look at the Battle of Cambrai. I learnt a lot about the preparation & training that led up to the fighting that was new to me. Once again the professional way & high production standards of the channel have been displayed. I really appreciate your efforts in bringing history to life & showing there is still much to learn beyond the cliches & familiar stories.
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Found your channel recently and I love it. The thumbnails of colorized B&W photos really sets the theme for your channel and acts as a sort of portal to the world you are about to enlighten us on. Thanks for all your hard work.
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I heard that tanks are called so because when they were developing them, they codenamed as tanks so that the enemy thought they were just making water tanks and not weapons.
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Fantastic video, always love WW1 content
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Over five years have passed since the team covered the battle of Cambrai in the regular episodes. Just to make everyone feel old, I will remind that it's more than between the archiduke's death and the armistice.
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Splendid video! Awesome coverage from the Tank Museum crew too!
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A little bit of trivia, the 'white-red-white' striped marking on the front 'horns' of the Mark IV tanks in the thumbnail is inaccurate for 1917. This marking was adopted in 1918 to allow easy recognition of friendly tanks, after Germany began recovering and using Beute Mark IV tanks. Mark IVs at Cambrai did not have these stripes
