您可以想像當美軍於1917年加入一次世界大戰時，美軍軍隊幾乎沒有配備坦克嗎？當時坦克還算是一種新型武器，戰事中只會偶一用之。1917年晚期，當美軍決定要組成一隻坦克兵團時，巴頓上尉自願參加、創建此一全新兵力。巴頓自一流的盟軍專家處學會了所有關於坦克的一切知識，包括設計、操作及修理方法，並且於1917年12月，在法國的甘勃來 (Cambrai) 觀摩英軍首次大規模的使用坦克。巴頓學得很快，沒多久他就在法國的郎格 (Langres) 建立了第一所專門用來訓練美軍坦克人員的學校。


Can you imagine that the U.S. Army had almost no tanks when America entered World War I in 1917? The tank was then a new weapon that had only occasionally been used in battle. When the U.S. Army decided to form a Tank Corps in late 1917, Captain George S. Patton volunteered to help create this completely new force. Patton learned all he could about tank design, operation and repair from the leading Allied experts and observed the first large-scale use of tanks by British forces at Cambrai, France, in December 1917. A quick learner, Patton soon set out to establish the first training school for U.S. tank crews at Langres, France.

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