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- Title
British Intelligence and German Tanks, 1916-1918.
- Authors
Beach, Jim
- Abstract
A substantive German tank force never materialized during the First World War. However, its military insignificance was not apparent to the British army anticipating its appearance. This article explores British intelligence reporting on the development of German tanks. It assesses the impact of this potential threat, particularly during the tense months of early 1918. It shows how the intelligence reporting also influenced British tank design. The article judges this work to have been an intelligence success.
- Subjects
GERMANY; MILITARY trucks; MILITARY vehicles; WORLD War I; MILITARY vehicle design &; construction; THREATS of violence
- Publication
War in History, 2007, Vol 14, Issue 4, p454
- ISSN
0968-3445
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0968344507084728