Articles related to "Cambrai"

Following the battle of Cambrai the German High Command began an active campaign to employ salvaged British Tanks.

Following the British introduction of tanks into combat at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917, the German Army developed a number of methods to stop armor advances.

While the German Army did not initially embrace the idea of tanks, by 1918 they sought heavy tanks to match against their opponents.

In order to increase their weight of fire, German Stormtroopers employed the light 77mm field gun in operations.

Field Marshall Douglas Haig is often seen to be the reason for the BEF's failings during WW1. But is he actually to blame, or are there other factors?

Brief biography of Arthur Rimbaud, a major French poet during the second half of 19th century.

In 1914, in what many called "The Great War," Canada joined Britan and her allies in a fight that was supposed to be the war to end all wars.

Brief biography of Desiderius Erasmus, a Renaissance scholar and theologian, famous for The Colloquies.

The Tank Abwehr Gewehr, or T-Gewehr, was the first anti-tank rifle and dangerous to both its crew and targets.

A fearless military leader who was always a controversial soldier and although one of the greatest military commanders in U.S. history was a very flawed man.

A heretic chooses another means to his eternal end by rejecting one or more of the articles of faith of the Catholic Church.

Dr. Frederick Banting earned Nobel Prize in 1923 and was knighted in 1934 for Insulin discovery. Sir Banting was also an artist, painting with members of Group of Seven

Known as Ferdinand the Catholic he would unite the peninsula with Queen Isabella and establish Spain as a world power.