posted on 2024-05-09, 12:57authored byFirst World War Poetry Digital Archive Project Team
A British Mark IV tank at Wailly. This shows how it would appear to occupants of the German trenches during the Battle of Cambrai. This was the first occasion on which tanks were launched en masse in a surprise attack and it clearly demonstrated the potential of the armoured vehicle.
History
Identifier
3646.jpg | CXTIWMPHOq6284.jpg
Subject
Casualties of War | Commemoration | Transport | Trench | Western Front | Ypres
Creator
Brooke, J W
Date
21st October 1917
Date Created
21/10/1917
Spatial
Wailly, France
Source
Photograph
Medium
Photographic paper
Type
Photograph
Contributor
Jennifer Dunn
Rights
The Imperial War Museum
Collection ID
Q 3990
Repository Name
Imperial War Museum Photographic Archive
Repository Address
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 6HZ, UK