Sabaton - Steel Commanders
September 15, 2022•160 words
Before anyone says anything... yes, I know that this song/video was a collaboration with World of Tanks, but its just too good of a song and video to not post, so I figured, why not use it as an opportunity to (very) briefly talk about the history of tanks...
Soooooo.....
As the Great War raged on, every world power was looking for an edge in what largely became a stalemate on many of the trench warfare battlefronts.
Ultimately, the solution to this would be a mechanized, movable turret that could cross the "No Man's Land" or "Kill Zones" (i.e., the area between the opposing armies trenches) in these ZoA's, while withstanding bullets, barbed wire, mortar fire and more.
On this day, 106 years ago, the very first offensive using heavy armor (i.e., a tank) took place during the Battle of the Somme.
This mechanized advancement of war would change the face of military conflict forever.