Messines 1917: The zenith of siege warfare by Alexander Turner, Peter Dennis

Messines 1917: The zenith of siege warfare

Osprey Campaign #225

Alexander Turner, Peter Dennis

96 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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At 0310 hours on 7 June 1917, the pre-dawn gloom on the Western Front was shattered by the 'pillars of fire' - the rapid detonation of 19 huge mines, secreted in tunnels under the German lines and containing 450 tonnes of explosives. Admitted by t...

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