The Great War

Season 4, Episode 23

Episode Title: The Battle of Messines - Explosion Beneath Hill 60 - Week 150

Air Date: 2017-06-08

Overview:

In the early morning of June 7 the area around Messines Ridge is shattered by huge explosions beneath the German positions. Miners and sappers had dug tunnels and filled them up with tons of explosives. Up to 10,000 German soldiers are killed in this inferno. At the same time, the Romanian Army seems to be in shape for an attack against the Germans again and the 10th Battle of the Isonzo continues.