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A Peripheral Weapon? - The Production and Employment of British Tanks in the First World War (Hardcover, New)
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A Peripheral Weapon? - The Production and Employment of British Tanks in the First World War (Hardcover, New)
Series: Contributions in Military Studies
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The tank was arguably the most important technological innovation
that developed during World War I; however, without the support of
the British Army and the allocation of important wartime resources,
it would have remained merely a peripheral weapon. For far too
long, the depiction of the British War Office and GHQ, France, as
anti-technological and cavalry-oriented has persisted. While some
historians have recently challenged this view, much of the
"traditional" versus "progressive" school of thought, in regard to
the production and employment of the tank, still survives. By
posing the question: was the tank a "peripheral weapon?" this work
reveals the vital role of the War Office in the production and
employment of this stunning new weapon. The War Office was behind
the creation of the original Tank Committee, the "New" or
"Advisory" Tank Committee, the Tank Directorate and the Tank Board.
It was these bodies, particularly the Tank Board, established in
1918, that facilitated the crucially important liaison between the
users of tanks in France and the producers at the Ministry of
Munitions. Without War Office involvement in this way, without its
continued orders for more and better tanks, and without the
consistently high priority status accorded to tank production by
General Haig, it is inconceivable that the tank would have reached
the level of technical sophistication, and therefore usefulness,
that it had by late 1918.
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