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Post Info TOPIC: Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux


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Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux
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 In the First World War, on 24 April 1918, the small town of Villers-Bretonneux was the site of the world's first battle between two tank forces: three British Mark IVs against three German A7Vs. The Germans took the town, but that night and the next day it was recaptured by 4th and 5th Division of the AIF at a cost of over twelve hundred Australian lives.
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