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Great Tank Battles Of Ww II: Dawn Of The Titans (1999)

A documentary about the strategic tank battles of World War II.From the appearance of the first tanks on the battlefields of northern France during the First World War, through to the end of the Second World War, this series traces the history of the war machine through some of its most significant moments, using rare archive footage.This, the first part of the series introduces the first tanks being deployed on the battlefields of northern France during the Great War. It describes the devastating effects on the troops confronted with them for the first time. It tracks the development of the tank through to the beginning of the Second World War, and its use in the German offensives on Holland, Belgium and France in 1940.