Tomorrow is Cambrai Day - marking the Battle of Cambrai, 20 November 1917. Albert Baker served in the Tank Corps right from its early days in 1916. By 1918 he had won two Military Crosses for bravery. One of Baker’s actions has gone down in Tank Corps legend – learn the story behind the Graincourt gun, which stands pride of place at the entrance to the Tank Men Exhibition here at The Tank Museum. https://tankmuseum.org/article/graincourt | The Tank Museum

151K views · 3.2K reactions | The Royal Tank Regiment are today celebrating the 102nd Anniversary of the Battle of Cambrai - 20 November 1917. Cambrai was the first ever massed use of Tanks. In a time when advances in the trenches could be measured in metres per year the Tanks advanced 6 miles in a matter of days. FEAR NAUGHT For more information visit: army.mod.uk/RTR | British Army | Facebook

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20 November 1917, the Battle of Cambrai began. In a 90 second video, Curator David Willey explains how the Tank Corps delivered one of the greatest advances of the First World War and secured the future of the tank. Find out more - https://youtu.be/DX_BnN4cWbo | The Tank Museum

During the Battle of Cambrai (Nov 20 – Dec 7 1917) 476 Male and Female Mark IV Tanks set off towards the German lines, about 180 tanks were destroyed. Many of those were captured and seized by the Germans. Male Mark IV Tank "Fervent" Female Mark IV Tank (s/n 2732) "Chaperon II" Male Mark IV Tank "Hyacinth" Male Mark IV Tank (s/n 2021) “Crusty“ Female Mark IV Tank "Escapade" (s/n 2815) #ww1 #wwi #capcut #ww1tanks #ww1history #history | This Day In WWI

37K views · 1.1K reactions | Cambrai Parade Further to our post on the Cambrai parade, here’s a video of the men and women of 1st Armoured Regiment conducting the parade that commemorated one of the first massed tank battles in the world, a century ago, near the French village of Cambrai. Note how the barrels of the tanks’ cannon are dipped as they pass the reviewing officer’s stand as a mark of respect. Looking good, 1st Armoured! | Australian Army | Facebook

In 2017 we remembered the Battle of Cambrai, when the tank made its first decisive impact on the battlefield. It was a dramatic reversal in fortune as just weeks earlier, on 4th October 1917, tanks were floundering in the mud of Passchendaele. The tank crews had limited visibility and were veering helplessly from the lines of attack when 28-year-old acting Captain Clement Robertson made a fateful decision that ensured his lasting place in the history of mechanised warfare..... | Commonwealth War