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Background:
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Information on the use of tanks, particularly in the last
hundred days of the war is provided in Livesay's text, as noted
in the references that follow. On page 89, Livesay
describes how over 100 heavy tanks were assigned to the attack
in the Amiens area in August 1918, yet two-thirds became
casualties. Livesay notes that the tank was still "in
the process of evolution even up to the close of
hostilities". Of note, Livesay comments when he wrote
his text in 1919 that "if war comes again in our time, the
tank has a great future". Please see the complete
text on pages 90-92 of Livesay's text for additional analysis on
the roll of the tank in the Great War.
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Primary References:
Secondary References:
| Love, D. W. 1999. "A Call to Arms"
The Organization and Administration of Canada's Military in World
War One. Bunker to Bunker Books, Winnipeg & Calgary,
Canada. (Chapter 1 - Elements of Military Organization)
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| Livesay, J. F. B. 1919. Canada's Hundred
Days: With the Canadian Corps from Amiens to Mons, Aug. 8 - Nov. 11,
1918. Thomas Allen, Toronto. (Available
on the Internet as an Archive Download) |
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