Tanks in the Great War, 1914-1918

Chapter 2: DEDICATIONS

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The author chronicles the conception, technical development, and battlefield employment of the first armored tracked vehicles during the Great War, combining firsthand staff recollections, reports from pioneers and engineers, and unit diaries. Chapters trace early experiments, design evolution, organizational formation, training and supply arrangements, and descriptions of combat operations and tactical lessons learned across multiple theaters. The narrative balances technical explanation of chassis, armament and mobility with accounts of crew experience, logistical challenges, and doctrinal debates, concluding with reflections on the invention’s impact on contemporary military practice and the collaborative effort of designers, manufacturers and crews that brought the weapon into service.

DEDICATIONS

I

I dedicate this book to the modern military scientists, that small company of gentlemen who, imbued with a great idea, were willing to set all personal interest aside in order to design a machine destined to revolutionise the science of war.

II

I dedicate this book to the modern armourers of the British factories, those men and women whose untiring patriotism and indomitable endurance in the workshops produced a weapon whereby the lives of many of their comrades were saved.

III

I dedicate this book to the modern knights in armour, the fighting crews of the Tank Corps; those Officers, Non-commissioned Officers and Men, who, through their own high courage and noble determination on the battlefield, maintained Liberty and accomplished Victory.