Earthquaking the Ridge

Summary By 1917 German troops had been facing the British in trenches at Messines for almost three years. Archaeologists discover German tunnels - evidence of an underground war. A camera is lowered down a flooded German mineshaft to looking for remnants of this subterranean battleground because on one night here 19 bombs were detonated beneath German strongpoints killing 10,000 German soldiers in seconds and creating the biggest explosion that the world had ever seen.

S1.E2 ∙ Earthquaking the Ridge

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Benedict Cumberbatch Alexandra Churchill Paul Reed Peter Doyle

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Genres : Documentary

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : channel it is on

Language : English

Production companies : Channel 5 Television

Summary By 1917 German troops had been facing the British in trenches at Messines for almost three years. Archaeologists discover German tunnels - evidence of an underground war. A camera is lowered down a flooded German mineshaft to looking for remnants of this subterranean battleground because on one night here 19 bombs were detonated beneath German strongpoints killing 10,000 German soldiers in seconds and creating the biggest explosion that the world had ever seen.

Details

Genres : Documentary

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : channel it is on

Language : English

Production companies : Channel 5 Television

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