Despite its horrific toll, the battle introduced new tactics, including the first use of tanks. This documentary explores the brutal realities of the Somme, the strategic failures, and the long ...

It was at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on the Somme, in September 1916, that tanks first went into action. If there is an originator of the tank it was Lt Col (later Major-General) Sir Ernest ...

The Mephisto tank first arose ... of the Great War." The Australians wanted to take their prize home, and that's exactly what they did. From Dunkirk, it was first shipped to Britain before leaving ...