The Battle of Cambrai
What it wasThe Battle of Cambrai, fought in November/December 1917 was one of the most significant battles that occured during WW1. Cambrai was the first battle in which tanks were used in battle. Cambrai saw a mixture of tanks being used, heavy artillery and air power. The only problem was that they lacked mobility but it was not to last for the duration of the battle.
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How it happened The Battle of Cambrai was a British campaign of World War I. Noted for the first successful use of tanks in a combined arms operation, the British attack demonstrated that trt. V. V. V. !, cbvhe Hindenburg Line could be penetrated, while the German counter attack showed the value of new infantry tactics that would later be part of the Kaiserschlacht.
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Trench ConditionsLife in the trenches were hard for the ANZACS. When the ANZACs arrived at the Western Front, the first thing they saw were the
lines of wounded soldiers being taken to the rear. As they got closer, they
could feel the earth shake, and hear the constant “crump crump” of artillery
shells. The sound was loud enough to make their ears ring. They were normally a series of muddy trenches littered with the waste of war. Boxes, cart wheels,
wire and often the bodies of the dead and dying were strewn everywhere. There were a another series of trenches that were far enough from the battle for the soldiers to get some rest and nurish themselves.
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