Lochnager Crater

The Lochnagar crater was created by the allies tunneling underground and packing the mine with 24 tons of ammonal. This caused such an explosion that it pushed the earth 4000 feet into the air and injured some of the Allies standing back at what they considered was a "safe" distance.

The Battlefields of France

May 14th 2011
Sorry to all those who have been hanging out for the next installment. Bit nackered so decided to go to bed early the last few nights. While writing this, we are in Belgium having spent a couple of days around the Somme in France. After seeing all the main sights in Paris we took a train on Wednesday afternoon (11th May) to Amiens. This towns main claim to fame is its near destruction in WW1 ... read more

Europe » Belgium » West Flanders

Belgium became independent from the Netherlands in 1830 and was occupied by Germany during World Wars I and II. It has prospered in the past half century as a modern, technologically advanced European state and member of NATO and the EU. Tensions bet... ... read more

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