The Ironclads of Cambrai. [With plates.]

""When tanks, the newly invented British weapon, were used at Cambrai for the first time in a mass attack on 20 November 1917, they not only achieved one of the most remarkable successes of the First World War but opened the era of mechanized warfare ... After tracing the difficult birth of this war-winning weapon in the face of official opposition, The ironclads of Cambrai provides a brilliant account of the first mass use of tanks and vividly describes how success was squandered by inept and overcautious generalship"--Jacket."
""This book vividly describes the Battle of Cambrai through the eyes of those who actually took part. It traces the events that made the tank possible, and the efforts of a small band of pioneers responsible for what was perhaps the most important invention of the First World War and a major factor in the final victory"--Jacket."
"When tanks, the newly invented British weapon, were used for the first time in a mass attack on November 20 1917, they not only achieved one of the most remarkable successes of the First World War but set the pattern for the future of mechanized warfare. For the first time in three years of bloody trench warfare, epitomized by the slaughter at Passchendaele which was then reaching its climax, tanks brought about a breakthrough of the massive German defense system of the Hindenburg Line, followed up by British infantry and cavalry divisions. They were supported for the first time by low flying."@en