Summary and Key Points: On April 24, 1918, during WWI, the first-ever tank battle occurred near Villers-Bretonneux. German A7V tanks clashed with British Mark IV tanks, showcasing the tactical lessons ...

Germany’s A7V was the nation’s first operational tank, entering combat in 1917 with six machine guns, a 57mm gun often of ...

One hundred years ago, on the evening of April 23, 1918, a thousand German artillery pieces unleashed a holocaust of high explosive shells and mustard gas around the French town of Villers-Bretonneux.

Frozen in a crater and surrounded on all sides, a single Mark IV tank and its battered crew found themselves living a nightmare in the mud of Passchendaele. This episode follows Captain Donald ...