Lochnagar mine - Wikipedia
WEBThe Lochnagar mine south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département was an underground explosive charge, secretly planted by the British during the First World War, to be ready for 1 July 1916, the first day on the Somme.
The Fading Battlefields of World War I
WEBMay 28, 2018 · Sunlight highlights craters created by artillery bombardments during the fierce Battle of Les Eparges Hill during World War I on August 26, 2014, near Verdun, France.
The Scars of World War I Battlefields a Century Later
WEBJul 28, 2014 · WWI shell craters surround Fort de Vaux, near Verdun, northeastern France, March 29, 2014. During the Battle of Verdun, the Germans captured Fort Vaux on June 7, 1916 which was recaptured by...
Europe’s Landscape Is Still Scarred by World War I
WEBIn this image by Irish landscape photographer Michael St. Maur Sheil at the site of the Battle of the Somme, in northern France, you can trace grass-covered trenches and pockmarks from exploded...
Shells Crisis of 1915 - 1914-1918-Online
WEBIn the winter of 1914-1915, every belligerent confronted shell shortage to varying degrees. A military problem, which could have been alleviated by tactical solutions, became an industrial one, and then a political one.
Scars of World War I: The Battlefield of Verdun | Amusing Planet
WEBAug 12, 2015 · The battlefield of Verdun scarred with shell craters. Photo credit. On the first day alone, the Germans sent 140,000 soldiers to attack the French town. Supported by 1,200 artillery guns, they blasted hundreds of thousands of shells at the Verdun region.
Lochnagar Crater, La Boisselle, Somme Battlefields - Great War
WEBThe Lochnagar mine crater on the 1916 Somme battlefields in France is the largest man-made mine crater created in the First World War on the Western Front. It was laid by the British Army's 179th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers underneath a German strongpoint called “Schwaben Höhe”.
Battle Remains on the WW1 Western Front - Great War
WEBA pond created by a water-filled shell crater in a farmer's field near Messines (Mesen) on the Ypres Salient battlfield. Battle remains of trench warfare in today's landscape are often immediately obvious in the form of cratered ground, large round holes in the fields or concrete constructions.
Unexploded shell found in WWI crater during world-first
WEBJan 8, 2024 · During their investigations, an unexploded British artillery shell – with an intact time-fuse – was obtained, along with a Vickers machine gun ammunition box.
First ever scientific study on First World War crater reveals new ...
WEBJan 8, 2024 · Researchers discovered and excavated two sections of trenches, known as fire bays, that were used to consolidate newly-formed craters, highlighting how the Germans successfully incorporated the...
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