Exactly 100 years ago, tanks went into action for the first time at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette, part of the Somme offensive, changing the nature of warfare forever. Historian Dan Snow and Lieutenant Colonel Simon Ridgway Royal Tank Regiment discuss the bravery of those very first tank crews and celebrate the world-leading innovation of our Armed forces. More on the history http://bit.ly/tank-100 | British Army

Today is the 30th anniversary of the end of the first Gulf War. Operation Granby was the codename for the UK's contribution to liberate Kuwait from Iraqi forces. It was the largest single deployment of British personnel since the Second World War. #DesertStorm #OpGranby | British Army

Today 97 year old Battle of Arnhem veteran John Jeffries unveiled a sculpture titled ‘Windows into the Past’ as a tribute to, and a depiction of the British Paratroop landings onto Drop Zone ‘Y’ on Ginkel Heath in the Netherlands. Here he talks about his experiences entering the battle and what the sculpture means to him. For more information on Arnhem 75 visit: http://ow.ly/bngM50wfbwI | British Army

Fact Slap 👋 Today in 1940, with winter closing in, Italy invades Greece with 27 under strength infantry divisions consisting of 85,000 men (that’s about 4000 per division) across the Albanian border. They attack through 3 points, Adriatic Coast, Pindus Mountains and what is now Macedonia. Above them are 380 aircraft, mainly obsolete biplanes and 163 light tanks push in with the infantry but do not pull off a Blitzkrieg style advance. The Greek Army is waiting for them, dug in and holding the hi