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 ...

As the first tank produced and fielded en-masse ... recognised as the most decorated tank crew of WW1 - having participated in the war's longest tank engagement. New wildfire, dubbed the Kenneth ...

NARRATOR: Cambrai was the first battle where tanks took on a decisive role. Tanks and new tactics involving tanks would eventually play their part in winning the Great War. Horace Birks stayed in ...

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.