Battle of Cambrai

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The Battle of Cambrai was a major First World War engagement in 1917 notable for the first large-scale, effective use of tanks by the British Army against German defenses on the Western Front.


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51st (Highland) Division
51st (Highland) Division ("Battle of Cambrai (1917)")
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3rd Canadian Division ("Battle of Cambrai (1918)")
Canadian Expeditionary Force ("Battle of Cambrai (1918)")
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Arthur Currie ("Battle of Cambrai (1918)")
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2nd Canadian Division ("Battle of Cambrai (1918)")
engagement
European theatre of World War I ("Battle of Cambrai (1917)")
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Australian Flying Corps ("Battle of Cambrai (1917)")
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British High Command on the Western Front ("Battle of Cambrai (1917)")
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Julian Byng ("Battle of Cambrai (1917)")
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