The History Files #52: Tanks

The heavily-armored, heavily-gunned, tank is a ubiquitous part of modern warfare, but it’s a relative newcomer in the large scale of history. In this episode we look at the development of this tracked vehicle and its debut on the battlefields of World War 1.

Show notes and links:

* Hernando de Soto discovers Mississippi River (1541)

* Victory in Europe Day (May 8, 1945)

* Golden spike joins transcontinental railroad (1869)

* Lewis and Clark Expedition begins (1804)

* Battlefield 1 game trailer

* The Boop Show – ep 111 (Discussion of upcoming Battlefield 1 release)

* Kelly’s Heroes (1970) (imdb.com)

* War Horse (2011) (imdb.com)

* Holt Manufacturing Company

* Benjamin Holt: the story of the caterpillar tractor (amazon.com)

* Ernest Dunlop Swinton

* Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne

* Little Willie

* Mk IV Tank (British Tank Museum picks up “War Horse” replica Mk IV tank from Speilberg)

* The A7V (…and another replica from the same film.)

* Small Arms of WWI Primer 022: German T-Gewehr Anti-Tank Rifle (youtube.com)

* Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux

* Tanks in the Great War 1914-1918 by J.F.G.Fuller (allworldwars.com)

* J. F. C. Fuller

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