Ok - how did I fail to notice this was on????A two part Channel 5 documentary that combines two of my favourite subjects - military history and archaeology. A very very big archaeological dig on a massive trench system in the vicinity of Messines, scene of some very heavy fighting in 1917 and the detonation of some massive mines.
Some of the finds are stunning - shells with time fuzes, incredible trench earthworks, stashes of German grenades....
Part 1 is available online here.
Part 2 is available online here.
(You probably have to be in the UK.)
It was a cracking program. I remember visiting the Lochnagar crater a few years ago. Seeing the scale of it in real life just makes you wonder at the power that went into blowing those mines!
ReplyDeleteMike review the links I think there's something wrong
ReplyDeleteThat would be me trusting radiotimes.com to be correct. :D Fixing.
DeleteUnfortunetaley you were right, not allowed to foreigners to watch. Hopefully someone will post in YouTube at some later time
DeleteIt was a great programme and very interesting.
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