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Beneath Hill 60
'Ten seconds, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one - fire! Down goes the firing switch. At first, nothing. Then from deep down there comes a low rumble, and it as if the world is spliting apart...'
On 7th June 1917, nineteen massive mines exploded beneath Messines Ridge near Ypres. The largest man-made explosion in history up until that point shattered the landscape and smashed open the German lines. Ten thousand German soldiers died. Two of the mines - at Hill 60 and the Caterpillar - were fired by men of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, comprising miners and engineers rather than parade-ground soldiers.
Will Davies (Author)
Pub Date: 30 Sep 2010
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Published in: United Kingdom
Paperback 304pp h198mm x w127mm 1 x 16pp b & w photographic inset
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