See This Battle Picture? It Started over 100 Years of Tank Warfare

A German A7V tank captured by the 26th Australian battalion, at Monument Wood, near Villers-Bretonneux, in France, on July 14th, 1918. Australian War Museum.
July 21, 2020 Topic: History Region: Europe Blog Brand: The Reboot Tags: World War IAustraliaBritainTanksImperial Germany

See This Battle Picture? It Started over 100 Years of Tank Warfare

The A7V was Germany’s first home-built tank, deployed after months of one-sided tank battles.

by Sebastien Roblin

Sébastien Roblin holds a Master’s Degree in Conflict Resolution from Georgetown University and served as a university instructor for the Peace Corps in China. He has also worked in education, editing, and refugee resettlement in France and the United States. He currently writes on security and military history for War Is Boring.

This first appeared in 2018.

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