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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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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Fernand Cuville  (1887–1927)  wikidata:Q3069097
 
Description French photographer
Date of birth/death 12 November 1887 Edit this at Wikidata 25 June 1927 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bordeaux Bordeaux
Work period 1915 - 1921
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