Soldiers walk in the crater left by one of the nineteen large mines blown beneath the Messines Ridge during the Battle of Messines, filmed from above the crater on 11 June 1917. Tunneling work beneath the Messines Ridge began in 1916. At zero hour - 3.10am on 7 June - 19 mines were detonated beneath the German positions in an explosion that killed or wounded thousands of German defenders. You can read more about the battle on our website: https://bit.ly/3YK9ZO9 Film: IWM 197 | Imperial War Museu
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Soldiers walk in the crater left by one of the nineteen large mines blown beneath the Messines Ridge during the Battle of Messines, filmed from above the crater on 11 June 1917. Tunneling work beneath the Messines Ridge began in 1916. At zero hour - 3.10am on 7 June - 19 mines were detonated beneath the German positions in an explosion that killed or wounded thousands of German defenders. You can read more about the battle on our website: https://bit.ly/3YK9ZO9 Film: IWM 197 | Imperial War Museu
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captivatinghistory on Instagram: "On June 7, 1917, during World War I, British forces detonated 19 mines filled with nearly 450 tons of explosives beneath German positions on Messines Ridge in Belgium. The mines, secretly planted and maintained by tunneling companies of the Royal Engineers beneath the German front lines, killed an estimated 6,000 to 10,000 German soldiers and created 19 massive craters in the landscape. The blast was so powerful that it was reportedly heard as far away as Dublin
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captivatinghistory on Instagram: "On June 7, 1917, during World War I, British forces detonated 19 mines filled with nearly 450 tons of explosives beneath German positions on Messines Ridge in Belgium. The mines, secretly planted and maintained by tunneling companies of the Royal Engineers beneath the German front lines, killed an estimated 6,000 to 10,000 German soldiers and created 19 massive craters in the landscape. The blast was so powerful that it was reportedly heard as far away as Dublin
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