'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 ...
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'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. Drawing on the diaries of one of the key combatants, Benealth Hill 60 tells the little-known, devastatingly brutal true story of this subterranean war waged beneath the Western Front - a stygian battle-ground where men drowned in viscous chalk, suffocated in the blue gray clay, choked on poisonous air or died in the darkness, caught up up in vicious hand-to-hand fighting...
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Publisher:
Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Published:
2010
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18130677995
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New. 2011. Paperback. Drawing on the diaries of one of the key combatants, this title tells the little-known, devastatingly brutal story of this subterranean war waged beneath the Western Front-a stygian battle-ground where men suffocated in the blue gray clay, choked on poisonous air or died in the darkness, caught up in vicious hand-to-hand fighting. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 x 16pp b & w photographic inset. BIC Classification: HBG; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
Publisher:
Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)
Published:
2011
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18080706698
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Very Good in None Issued jacket. 272 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. In June 1917, 19 Massive Mines Shattered The Messines Ridge Near Ypres. Ten Thousand German Soldiers Died And The Largest Man-made Explosion In History Up Until That Time Smashed Open The German Frontline.
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Very Good in None Issued jacket. 272 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. In June 1917, 19 Massive Mines Shattered The Messines Ridge Near Ypres. Ten Thousand German Soldiers Died And The Largest Man-made Explosion In History Up Until That Time Smashed Open The German Frontline.
