However, the fact that the tanks had now been raised to such a pitch of technical perfection that they could cross our undamaged trenches and obstacles did not fail to have a marked effect on our troops.
Paul von HindenburgAbout author
- Author's profession: Soldier
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: October 2, 1847
- Died: August 2, 1934
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