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    • Daily History Picture: WW1 Crater May 25, 2015

    Author: Beach Combing | in : Historical Pictures , trackback

    Messines, Flanders, Belgium: 1917. Autochrome Lumière. 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 June 7, 1917.A total of about 10,000 soldiers died, amongst them almost all of the 3rd Royal Bavarian 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. Photo: Fernand Cuville (1887-1927). ©R Schultz Collection / The Image Works NOTE: The copyright notice must include "The Image Works" DO NOT SHORTEN THE NAME OF THE COMPANY

    This picture is from Messines, Flanders, 1917. A massive crater created by 19 British mines under German positions. ‘The Image Works’.

    The blast was allegedly heard in London: memories of the audible Somme bombardment.