20 November 1917: On the first day of Cambrai, a British artillery bombardment utilizing the new technique of predicted fire, which did not alert the enemy with ranging shots, breached the so-called "Hindenburg Line" (the German name was Siegriedstellung, "Siegried Position"); massed tanks & infantry advanced as much as five miles; back home in Britain, church bells were rung in jubilation.
Lest we forget.
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