The Germans had held the crest along the Chemin des Dames for more than two years, and they had a complex system of underground defences. Near the village of Craonne, the Winterberg tunnel ran for ...

In August 2024, a group of “Great War” enthusiasts made an unexpected discovery: a German tunnel, containing certain remains of the First World War, buried at a depth of 30 meters. 17 members of the ...

See All Key Ideas Nearly 100 underground tunnels, running a combined length of more than 84 kilometers, or 52 miles, crisscross and plunge into the depths of the mountain that hosts the Zijin gold ...

Mr Last took Colonel Hutchings and his family to Hill 70 in Loos to give them a tour of its underground tunnels, which had been dug under No Man's Land during the battle between 15-25 August 1917.