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Under the trenches and fields of the Somme lies a complex and extensive network of tunnels. Here, beneath the wastes of No Man’s Land, British and German miners risked a terrible death in trying to undermine the enemy, laying charges that would wreak death and destruction in the tunnels around them and in trenches above.
It was the most barbaric conflict of the Great War, a secret but deadly game of blindfold cat-and-mouse where it was kill or be killed: there was no second place for the loser. The slightest sound could be overheard. Detection meant counter-mining, and an explosion from nowhere that could tear you apart, maim, bury you alive or poison you with gas.
At least 45,000 British soldiers worked beneath the Somme battlefields. But who were they? With unique access to both British and German workings that have been untouched and unexplored since 1918, we can explore these ghost tunnels, and reveal the lives and stories of the men who built, lived, worked and died in them.
Rated : Exempt
Package Dimensions : 18.03 x 13.76 x 1.48 cm; 80 g
Media Format : PAL
Run time : 50 minutes
Release date : 29 Oct. 2018
Studio : Demand Media
ASIN : B07J3691CL
Number of discs : 1
WW1 Somme – Secret Tunnel Wars – As seen on BBC
£12.49
Gordon Ross Sinclair –
âUnder the trenchesâ … awful
Looking forward to watching this – wife’s grandfather was a tunneller (killed in Nov 1915 whilst underground – after effects (gas) of a German camouflet). Visited the scene and his grave on a number of occasions – very moving …
James Sadler –
An intriguing view of WW1 Trench Wafare
Knowing the area quite well and the people who carried out some of the excavation work and the fact that my Dad fought in the area in 1916, made it necessary viewing.
Sebas –
Ok
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Kindle Customer –
That the First World War should not be forgotten.
I did a battlefield tour recently and it reminded of the visit.And it was an eye opener as to the complexity of the conflict.
MR THOMAS C A BARKER –
Tunnels under the Somme
Very informative and interesting documentary about the tunnels under the Somme.Fascinating insight