File:British Mark IV tank at Wailly.jpg

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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
Date Taken on 21 October 1917
Source
This photograph Q 6284 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
Author
John Warwick Brooke  (1886–1929)  wikidata:Q29267899
 
John Warwick Brooke
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Warwick Brooke
Description British photographer
Date of birth/death 30 May 1886 Edit this at Wikidata 1929 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Uxbridge
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creator QS:P170,Q29267899

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