Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoTIL the Allies fielded thousands of tanks by the end of World War I, a major technological breakthrough. The Germans deployed just 18.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: til@lemmy.world
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL the Allies fielded thousands of tanks by the end of World War I, a major technological breakthrough. The Germans deployed just 18.en.wikipedia.orgDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: til@lemmy.world
minus-squareJTskulk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIf I remember my history accurately, that’s because tanks were a new British secret weapon. The whole reason they’re even called tanks is because that was the code name, they referred to them as water tanks.
minus-squarerockerface 🇺🇦@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI think the original actual name was “landships”, but the “tanks” stuck better for some reason
If I remember my history accurately, that’s because tanks were a new British secret weapon. The whole reason they’re even called tanks is because that was the code name, they referred to them as water tanks.
I think the original actual name was “landships”, but the “tanks” stuck better for some reason