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Messines 1917

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Campaign Series - World War I

Last Stocked on 8/20/2022

Product Info

Title
Messines 1917
Publisher
Category
Author
Alexander Turner
Publish Year
2010
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.25x9.75x.33"
NKG Part #
2147434750
MFG. Part #
OSPCAM225
Type
Softcover
Series
CAM225

Description

At 0310 hours on 7 June 1917, the pre-dawn gloom on the Western Front was shattered by the ‘pillars of fire’ – the rapid detonation of 19 huge mines, secreted in tunnels under the German lines and containing 450 tonnes of explosives. Admitted by the Germans to be a ‘masterstroke’, the devastating blasts caused 10,000 soldiers to later be posted simply as ‘missing’. Launching a pre-planned attack into the carnage, supported by tanks and a devastating artillery barrage, the British took the strategic objective of Messines Ridge within hours. A rare example of innovation and success in the First World War, this book is a fresh and timely examination of a fascinating campaign.