Friday, March 19, 2021

Breaking News: Local Historians Discover WWI Tunnel with 270 German Corpses

Editor's Note:  This site is on the Chemin des Dames just north of the ruins of Craonne.  The story of its discovery is fascinating.  See the link to the BBC article below the photo of the wartime tunnel entrance.



https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56370510

3 comments:

  1. Bryan AlexanderMarch 19, 2021 at 10:33 AM

    What a horrible discovery!
    And what a story about how it was done.

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  2. djMarch 19, 2021 at 2:40 PM

    What a cold response from the government bureaucracies, especially the German office.

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  3. Michael BertinettiMarch 19, 2021 at 10:21 PM

    I was within a few hundred yards of the spot two years ago, visiting Napoleon's battlefield of 1814, and had no idea. You never know what lies beneath, in that much-fought-over part of the world ....

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