Cambrai
The birth of massed armored warfare and the first great tank offensive.
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Battle of Cambrai
Before sunrise on November 20, 1917, the British attack began without the usual warning. There was no long preliminary bombardment to announce that an offensive was coming. No days of shellfire tearing the battlefield apart in advance. Instead, the opening movement at Cambrai depended on secrecy, timing, and the strange mechanical presence of hundreds of tanks moving toward the German line.
Cambrai: The First Great Tank Offensive
Book 1 examines the battlefield where massed tanks first changed the shape of modern war.
Cambrai: The First Great Tank Offensive
To mark the release of my new book, Cambrai: The First Great Tank Offensive, the first volume in the Famous Tank Battles series, this article looks back at the battle that helped reveal the future of mechanized warfare. Fought in November Nineteen Seventeen, Cambrai was not simply a dramatic debut for the tank on a large scale. It was a battlefield experiment in surprise, coordination, technology, and adaptation, whe
Cambrai: Episode 1 — After Passchendaele
Cambrai: Episode 1 — After Passchendaele. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Cambrai: Episode 10 — The First Shock
Cambrai: Episode 10 — The First Shock. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Cambrai: Episode 11 — Havrincourt Falls
Cambrai: Episode 11 — Havrincourt Falls. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Cambrai: Episode 12 — Flesquières
Cambrai: Episode 12 — Flesquières. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Cambrai: Episode 13 — Ribécourt and Marcoing
Cambrai: Episode 13 — Ribécourt and Marcoing. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Cambrai: Episode 14 — Masnières: The Broken Bridge
Cambrai: Episode 14 — Masnières: The Broken Bridge. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Cambrai: Episode 15 — Why the Cavalry Couldn’t Finish It
Cambrai: Episode 15 — Why the Cavalry Couldn’t Finish It. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Cambrai: Episode 16 — Half the Tanks Are Gone
Cambrai: Episode 16 — Half the Tanks Are Gone. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Cambrai: Episode 17 — The Decision to Go West
Cambrai: Episode 17 — The Decision to Go West. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Cambrai: Episode 18 — Bourlon Ridge
Cambrai: Episode 18 — Bourlon Ridge. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Cambrai: Episode 19 — Into Bourlon Wood
Cambrai: Episode 19 — Into Bourlon Wood. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Cambrai: Episode 2 — Inventing the Breakthrough
Cambrai: Episode 2 — Inventing the Breakthrough. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Cambrai: Episode 20 — Fontaine and Bourlon Village
Cambrai: Episode 20 — Fontaine and Bourlon Village. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.
Cambrai: Episode 21 — The Salient
Cambrai: Episode 21 — The Salient. Famous Tank Battles — open the episode listing and listening link.