The Mark IV was the first tank to be produced and used en masse. Following the modest success of the Mark I tanks on the Somme in 1916 the British Commander-in-Chief, Sir Douglas Haig, ordered 1,000 more tanks for 1917. This was a surprising act of faith in a new weapon for an officer with such a reactionary reputation. 🔍️Find out more: https://youtu.be/vgy9AeXmZJY | The Tank Museum

This incredible staged footage from "Canadians Advance Near Cambrai" Part 2 shows a British Male Mark IV Tank advance on a German Bunker. The location of the camera man is probably the biggest evidence that this is not combat footage. #WW1 #WWI #WW1tanks #WW1history #Capcut | This Day In WWI