Beneath Flanders fields : the tunnellers' war, 1914-1918 /
Peter Barton, Peter Doyle and Johan Vandewalle ; forword by Desmond Morton.
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, (c)2005., 2004.
- 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits.
Co-published by Spellmount Publishers.
Includes bibliographies and index.
"The product of over twenty-five years of research, Beneath Flanders Fields illustrates the evolution of military mining, leading to its deployment in the greatest siege in military history - in the trenches of the Western Front." "In the words of the tunnellers themselves, and through previously unpublished photographs - many in colour - as well as contemporary plans and drawings, this book reveals how this most intense of battles was fought - and won. Few on the surface knew the horrific details of the tunnellers' work, yet this silent, claustrophobic conflict was a barbaric struggle that raged day and night for almost two and a half years, and one which generated mental and physical stresses often far beyond those suffered by the infantry in the trenches. On 7 June 1917 at Messines Ridge, the tension was broken with the opening of the most dramatic mine offensive in history."--BOOK JACKET.
9780773573116
World War, 1914-1918--Engineering and construction.--Belgium World War, 1914-1918--Tunnel warfare--Belgium. World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Belgium. World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns--Western Front. Tunneling--History--Belgium--20th century.