WWI British French Army Battle of Piccadily / Amiens First Tank Battle Book for Sale

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WWI British French Army Battle of Piccadily / Amiens First Tank Battle Book For Sale

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WWI British French Army Battle of Piccadily / Amiens First Tank Battle Book:
$24.00

This is a reprint ofthe classic 1919 Book by the Michelin Company. It is in an 8 ½ x 11 staplebound format with 60 Pages.

The First World Wartouched the lives of many thousands of people at the time around the world,both on the fighting fronts and on the home front. Many people from France,Belgium, the United States, and the Great Britain wanted to journey to thebattle fields to see, and experience, where their beloved soldiers had seen andsacrificed so much.

Michelin came up withthe idea of providing tours of the battlefields along with complimentarysouvenir history books on the battle and of the tour. Provides fascinatinginsight into the battle, the towns, and the region before and after the battle.

A great read!

This is book is forthe battle of Amiens, otherwise known as the Battle of Piccadilly, and coversfrom 1914 to 1918.

The battle for theliberation of Amiens began in dense fog at 4:20 am on 8 August 1918. UnderRawlinson's Fourth Army, the British III Corps attacked north of the Somme, theAustralian Corps to the south of the river in the centre of Fourth Army'sfront, and the Canadian Corps to the south of the Australians. The French 1stArmy under General Debeney opened its preliminary bombardment at the same time,and began its advance 45 minutes later, supported by a battalion of 72 Whippettanks. Although German forces were onthe alert, this was largely in anticipation of possible retaliation for theirincursion on the sixth and not because they had learned of the preplannedAllied attack. Although the two forces were within 460 metres (500 yd) of oneanother, gas bombardment was very low, as the bulk of the Allied presence wasunknown to the Germans. The attack was so unexpected that German forces onlybegan to return fire after five minutes, and even then at the positions wherethe Allied forces had assembled at the start of the battle and had long sinceleft.

In the first phase,seven divisions attacked: the British 18th Eastern and 58th London, theAustralian 2nd and 3rd, and the Canadian 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Divisions. Parts ofthe American 33rd Division supported the British attackers north of the Somme.

The attackerscaptured the first German position, advancing about 3.7 km (4,000 yd; 2.3 mi)by about 7:30 am. In the centre, supporting units following the leadingdivisions attacked the second objective a further 3.2 km (2.0 mi) distant.Australian units reached their first objectives by 7:10 am, and by 8:20 am, theAustralian 4th and 5th Divisions and the Canadian 4th Division passed throughthe initial breach in the German lines.The third phase of the attack was assigned to infantry-carrying Mark Vtanks; however, the infantry was able to carry out this final step unaided.]The Allies penetrated well to the rear of the German defences and cavalry nowcontinued the advance, one brigade in the Australian sector and two cavalrydivisions in the Canadian sector.Aircraft fire by the new RAF and armored car fire kept the retreatingGermans from rallying…………