Messines from about 400m west of Le Rossignol Farm
Messines from about 400m west of Le Rossignol Farm. At 03:10 on June 7th 1917, the British exploded 19 mines packed with a total of 450 tons of high explosive under the German lines along the Messines-Wijtschate Ridge. It was the largest man-made explosion prior to the nuclear era and it is estimated killed 10, 000 men in a matter of seconds
Picture No
10921056
Media ID
47616758
Size
2880px x 1920px
(1.8MB)
Credit
westernfrontphotography.com/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Mike St Maur Sheil
Date
2006
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