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At the start of the Battle of Messines (7–14 June 1917) during the First World War, underground explosive charges were detonated by the British Second Army (General Sir Herbert Plumer) beneath the forward position of the German 4th Army near the village of Mesen (Messines in French, historically used in English), in Belgian West Flanders. The mines, secretly planted by British tunnelling units, created 19 large craters and killed approximately 10,000 German soldiers. Their joint explosion ranks among the largest non-nuclear explosions of all time.

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  • Die Minen in der Schlacht bei Messines waren ausgedehnte unterirdische Stollen, die während des Ersten Weltkrieges im Vorfeld der Schlacht bei Messines (7. Juni bis 14. Juni 1917) von britischen Truppen in der Nähe von Mesen in Belgien unter den deutschen Stellungen an der Westfront im Wytschaete-Bogen bei Ypern angelegt wurden. (de)
  • At the start of the Battle of Messines (7–14 June 1917) during the First World War, underground explosive charges were detonated by the British Second Army (General Sir Herbert Plumer) beneath the forward position of the German 4th Army near the village of Mesen (Messines in French, historically used in English), in Belgian West Flanders. The mines, secretly planted by British tunnelling units, created 19 large craters and killed approximately 10,000 German soldiers. Their joint explosion ranks among the largest non-nuclear explosions of all time. The evening before the attack, General Sir Charles Harington, Chief of Staff of the Second Army, remarked to the press, "Gentlemen, I don’t know whether we are going to make history tomorrow, but at any rate we shall change geography". The Battle of Messines marked the zenith of mine warfare. On 10 August, the Royal Engineers fired the last British deep mine of the war, at Givenchy-en-Gohelle near Arras. (en)
  • Atak minowy pod Messines – seria 19 wybuchów min umieszczonych przez wojska brytyjskie pod pozycjami niemieckimi, pierwszego dnia pod Messines w zachodniej Belgii, 7 czerwca 1917. Operacja ta stanowiła preludium do bitwy pod , znanej jako trzecia bitwa pod Ypres. W wyniku przeprowadzonych detonacji ponad 455 ton amonalu śmierć poniosło około 10 tysięcy żołnierzy niemieckich. (pl)
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  • Die Minen in der Schlacht bei Messines waren ausgedehnte unterirdische Stollen, die während des Ersten Weltkrieges im Vorfeld der Schlacht bei Messines (7. Juni bis 14. Juni 1917) von britischen Truppen in der Nähe von Mesen in Belgien unter den deutschen Stellungen an der Westfront im Wytschaete-Bogen bei Ypern angelegt wurden. (de)
  • Atak minowy pod Messines – seria 19 wybuchów min umieszczonych przez wojska brytyjskie pod pozycjami niemieckimi, pierwszego dnia pod Messines w zachodniej Belgii, 7 czerwca 1917. Operacja ta stanowiła preludium do bitwy pod , znanej jako trzecia bitwa pod Ypres. W wyniku przeprowadzonych detonacji ponad 455 ton amonalu śmierć poniosło około 10 tysięcy żołnierzy niemieckich. (pl)
  • At the start of the Battle of Messines (7–14 June 1917) during the First World War, underground explosive charges were detonated by the British Second Army (General Sir Herbert Plumer) beneath the forward position of the German 4th Army near the village of Mesen (Messines in French, historically used in English), in Belgian West Flanders. The mines, secretly planted by British tunnelling units, created 19 large craters and killed approximately 10,000 German soldiers. Their joint explosion ranks among the largest non-nuclear explosions of all time. (en)
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  • Minen in der Schlacht bei Messines (de)
  • Mines in the Battle of Messines (1917) (en)
  • Atak minowy pod Messines (pl)
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