On this day in 1917, Allied forces detonate 19 enormous mines beneath the German lines at Messines, Belgium killing thousands. The sound of the blasts can reportedly be heard in London, while seismologists as far away as Dublin detect the tremors. pic.twitter.com/F5S6MVMgIc
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