The entrance to a captured German dug-out

The staircase and entrance to a German dug-out captured by the British army during the Somme offensive in July 1916. Such shelters were often highly elaborate and sometimes sunk thirty to forty feet deep, making them largely immune to Allied artillery attack

Elaborate Forty Highly Immune Largely Shelters Sometimes Somme Sunk Thirty

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