
How A Small French Town Became The Heart Of WW1 Mine Warfare The Great Underground War Timeline
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For three years the Germans and French blew each other up with massive explosions, using a maze of underground galleries and tunnels. The whole story is told through the preserved diaries of Herman Hoppe, a German engineer who built many of the tunnels.
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