TANKS WORLD WAR 1 BY: MIMI AND REGINA 10TH WOLRD HISTORY TWO

1. TANKS OF WORLD WAR 1
BY:MIMI AND REGINA

2. The development of tanks in the great war was born
because of the need to cross the gap between the
trenches at the front (no man's land)
Lieutenant-colonel Ernest Swington proposed the
development of a new type of fighting vehicle in 1914
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Wingston Churchchill was a supporter of this idea

4. THE FIRST TANKS
One of the first tanks was constructed in
great Britain and was nicknamed
"LittleWilly".
The tank was used for the first time at the
Battle of Flers
The tank was a new machine and was
highly unreliable. The idea of tanks came at
first from farming vehicles.

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The tank was used to draw the fire of
machine gunners and break down things
like barbed wire. Then, when the enemies'
machine gun overheated, or had to reload,
the infantry attack would be launched. The
infantry would flood through the gaps in
barbed wire and other obstacles cleared by
the tank, while taking much less fire than
usual because the recently fired machine
guns were inoperable.

7. British Mk 1was produced from 1916 as an infantry
support and asault tank. It's armor support was weak
and it was prone to mechanical breakdown.
Conditions for the crew inside were dreadful, there was
no space.

8. Tanks were uswd at the Battle of
Somme but were not succesfull.
WW1 tanks were very slow and
couldnt exceed 4 miles an hour .
Tanks increased mobility on the
western front.

10. By 1918 Great Britain and France had produced
about 6,500 tanks between them.
Germany had produced just 20.
6 days before the end of the war great Britain
had only 8 tanks.