File:A 45m-crater caused by an explosion under German positions at Messines, which killed about 10,000 soldiers and shook the ground for kilometres.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionA 45m-crater caused by an explosion under German positions at Messines, which killed about 10,000 soldiers and shook the ground for kilometres.jpg |
English: A crater (diameter 116 m, depth 45 m) after the explosion of 19 mines placed underneath German positions near Messines in West Flanders by the British on 7th June 1917. Color photo (Autochrome Lumière) by Fernand Cuville (1887-1927). A total of about 10,000 soldiers died, amongst them almost all of the 3rd Royal Bavarian Division (3. Königlich Bayerische Division). The mines consisted of 21 t of explosives (Ammonal). The blast was one of the biggest non-nuclear explosions of all times and was audible in Dublin and London. World War I, Western Front. Messines, Flanders, Belgium |
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