CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 SEEDS OF DISCONTENT CHAPTER 2 1914 STORM CLOUDS BREAK CHAPTER 31915 THE CONFLICT SPREADS 30 CHAPTER 4 1916 THE BIG PUSH CHAPTER 5 1917 THE CRITICAL YEAR CHAPTER6 THE WAR IN THE AIR CHAPTER7 1918 THE TIDE TURNS 78 CHAPTER 8 A HUMAN TRAGEDY 90 TIMELINE ESSENTIAL FACTS 100 GLOSSARY 102 ADDITIONAL RESOURCES 104 SOURCE NOTES 106 INDEX 110 ABOUT THE AUTHOR
data rate Tanks were an unexpected and terrifying weapon when they first appeared in battle during World War
CHAPTES SEEDS OF DISCONTENT Dawn September 15 1916 Bert Chaney a 19 year old soldier's in the British army awoke from a restles night s sleep in the muddly trench he and his companions called home Chaney outfit was stationed near the Somme River in northern France Enemy German soldiers were positioned in small village caled Flers a located on the other side of a wide rubble filled field Suddenly Chaney and his mates were startled by the sound of strange throbbing noises coming from behind them They whirled around to see what looked like two huge mechanical monsters advancing their way The young soldiers had never seen anything like them before The strange vehicles were the new weapons Bert had heard about British tanks The soldiers sat in stunned silence as
