Plan 1919
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Plan 1919 was a military strategy drawn up by British Army officer J. F. C. Fuller in 1918 during World War I. His plan criticised the practice of physically destroying the enemy, and instead called f
The Medium Mark D tank was envisaged to play a crucial role in the implementation of Plan 1919.
Mark VIII tank
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The Mark VIII tank also known as the Liberty or The International was a British-American tank design of the First World War intended to overcome the limitations of the earlier British designs and be a
Plan 1919
…demonstrated at Cambrai, the German artillery was deadly against the current British tanks without accompanying artillery support. A new 40-ton tank design Mark VIII tank, based on the earlier British heavy tanks, was under construction in late 1918 with an ambitious production scheme of up to 4,500 tanks. Hundreds would…
A British Mark VIII
View of front
The internal fittings of the Mark VIII
Mark VIII at the U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection at Fort Benning in 2023