The Battle of Messines mining route takes you to all the locations where, on 7 June 1917 at 4:10 a.m. (“Zero Hour”), the Allies detonated 19 deep mines simultaneously. The massive explosions destroyed the German positions and left enormous craters in the landscape. During the battles that followed, British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand units recaptured the Wijtschate-Messines ridge.
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