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Color photo of soldiers examining the 45 meter deep crater at Messines, WW1, 1917 (lemmy.world)
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[–] niktemadur 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is that the one where the Brits dug a long tunnel under German positions and filled it with explosives, detonated remotely?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Yes. Stellar quote from General Harington the night before the attack:

"Gentlemen, I don’t know whether we are going to make history tomorrow, but at any rate we shall change geography"

[–] b000urns 6 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure this is actually a scene from The Thing /s