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The doctrine of armored warfare changed radically in the inter-war years as armies sought ways to avoid the deadlock imposed by modern firepower and looked for the means to restore offensive power on the battlefield. The French and British armies built thousands of tanks, but the German army was unconvinced of their potential and built only 20. ![]() The first offensive using tanks took place on 15 September 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. To conceal their true purpose from possible spies, they were called tanks, to give the impression of simple water tanks. ![]() The Landships Committee was set up in 1915 by Winston Churchill to develop designs. In Britain, tanks were first referred to as landships. ![]() The story of the tank began in World War I when armored all-terrain fighting vehicles were first deployed as a response to the problems of trench warfare.
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