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Blitzkrieg: How Britain Invented, Then Ignored It

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The Battle of Cambrai

The tanks could only reach a top speed of 4 miles per hour, but that was fast enough. They swept aside the barbed wire and shrugged off machine gun fire. It was a stunning tactical success, but the success was squandered. The Germans eventually regrouped and drove back the British assault.

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