Britain’s first Mark I tanks were built to cross trenches, crush barbed wire, and survive machine-gun fire, but life inside them was brutal. Eight-man crews endured temperatures above 50°C, toxic ...

The vehicles we know today as tanks emerged on a grand scale at the beginning of the 20th century, right before the First World War. In 1900, Britain commissioned steam-engine manufacturer John Fowler ...

The Mark IV tank, in St George's Square, Ashford, is one of small handful that survived the First World War After the First World War, towns that had raised a significant amount of war bonds were ...