They discover a century later the “colossal error” that condemned the English in the Battle of the Somme

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2024-01-11 13:51:16

On July 1, 1916, the British detonated a mine full of explosives under the German positions to soften the defenses.

A multidisciplinary team has discovered that the gigantic crater that formed on the ground benefited the German defenders

Ovillers, Picardy Region (France) August 1916. The Battle of the Somme, around the river of the same name. English fighters in an ABC trench

11/01/2024

Updated at 2:45 p.m.

‘TIC Tac; TIC Tac’. That July 1, 1916, when the watches of the British officers showed 7:20 in the morning, a colossal explosion took over the battlefields of the Somme, northwest of France. More than 18 tons of…

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