Remains of the 1917 battle of Mesen (Messines) : time lapse video of a well preserved german bunker defending a strategic position
(Browse the collection : West Flanders Province time lapse and video stock footage)
From here there are excellent views down the valley over the New Zealand positions before the battle. They demonstrate clearly the strategic nature of the higher ground in Messines.
On June 7, 1917, British forces detonated 19 massive mines beneath German trenches, blasting tons of soil, steel, and bodies into the sky.
By 1917, the Allies had ambitious plans to break the costly stalemate at Ypres. The first and most critical part of that plan was to take a portion of the German-held ridgeline near the town of Messines. After that, the Allied forces hoped to push all the way to the coast of the North Sea and destroy Germany’s U-boat bases.
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