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"Tehnologia", acu' vreo sută de ani:The First Day of the Somme
At 7.28am, following seven days of bombardment by the British artillery, the Lochnagar mine was detonated underneath the German lines and eight successive waves of infantrymen of the 34th Division stood up from their trenches, and in straight lines prescribed, officers in front as ordered, set off at a walk to attack the German front line trenches. This was to be the bloodiest day in British military history.
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07:20 July 1st 1916. The explosion of the Hawthorn ridge mine signalled the begining of the most tragic day in the history of the British Army. The battle of the Somme. Just behind the village of Beaumont Hamel lies hawthorn ridge. Today it is virtually unchanged and the exact position this film was shot from is very easy to locate. Sadly the attack began at 07:30 and exploding the mine at 07:20 allowed the Germans to regroup. Like the boys in the sunken lane they were cut to pieces and the cemeteries which bear witness to this massacre are scattered all around the ridge and fields. Even today shells and bullet casings are found everywhere, especially after the spring ploughing.
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Battle of Hill 60 (Western Front)
The Battle of Hill 60 (17 April – 7 May 1915) took place near Hill 60 south of Ypres on the Western Front, during the First World War. Hill 60 had been captured by the German 30th Division on 11 November 1914, during the First Battle of Ypres (19 October – 22 November 1914). Initial French preparations to raid the hill were continued by the British 28th Division, which took over the line in February 1915 and then by the 5th Division. The plan was expanded into an ambitious attempt to capture the hill, despite advice that Hill 60 could not be held unless the nearby Caterpillar ridge was also occupied. It was found that Hill 60 was the only place in the area not waterlogged and a French 3 ft × 2 ft (0.91 m × 0.61 m) mine gallery was extended.
Experienced miners from Northumberland and Wales were recruited for the digging and the British attack began on 17 April 1915. The hill was captured quickly with only seven casualties but then it was found that the salient which had been created, made occupation of the hill very costly. Both sides mistakenly accused the other of using poison gas in the April fighting; German attacks on the hill in early May included the use of gas shells and the Germans recovered the ground at the second attempt on 5 May. It remained in German hands until the Battle of Messines in 1917, when two of the Mines in the Battle of Messines were detonated beneath Hill 60 and the Caterpillar.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hill_60_(Western_Front)
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