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beneficii Lakitu Level: 36 Posts: 507/567 EXP: 299656 For next: 8454 Since: 06-27-04 From: Cordova, TN, USA Since last post: 14 hours Last activity: 6 hours |
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| Good God: Engineers from both sides had been tunnelling under the Messines ridge since 1915, until, by the spring of 1917, 21 huge mines had been laid under it totalling 450 tonnes of the high explosive Ammonal. At zero hour at 03:10 on 7 June 1917, after 4 days of artillery bombardment, the most intense bombardment of the entire war, 19 of the allied mines were detonated killing 10,000 German troops in half a minute. The detonation of the mines was the loudest man-made noise ever made to that date, audible as far away as Dublin. Nine allied infantry divisions attacked and were supported by 72 Mark IV tanks. They managed to achieve the initial objectives due to the huge mines and the fact that the German reserves were too far back to intervene. Of the two remaining caches, one exploded during a thunderstorm on 17 July 1955, fortunately only killing one cow; the location of the 21st cache is believed to have been found in recent years, but no attempt has been made to remove it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Ypres |
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Wurl 4.0 Level: 18  Posts: 50/244 EXP: 27558 For next: 2339 Since: 09-11-05 From: Illinois: Land of Eternal Desert Since last post: 11 hours Last activity: 10 hours |
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| Isn't war sweet, you guys? Pacifism rules. | |||
Apophis Red Super Koopa Level: 45 Posts: 826/882 EXP: 640255 For next: 19909 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 15 hours Last activity: 15 hours |
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| Reminds me of this from home. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Crater there's still a grassy crater along Crater Rd. |
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Jill In love with a dream.. Level: 36  Posts: 515/528 EXP: 296548 For next: 11562 Since: 03-15-04 From: Teh Sweden Since last post: 6 days Last activity: 14 hours |
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| Aren't A-Bombs pretty loud too? (edited by Jill on 09-19-05 06:27 PM) |
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alte Hexe Star Mario I dreamed I saw Joe Hill last night Alive as you and me "But Joe you're ten years dead!" "I never died" said he "I never died!" said he Level: 99  Posts: 5329/5458 EXP: 9854489 For next: 145511 Since: 03-15-04 From: ... Since last post: 2 hours Last activity: 2 hours |
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| Then there was the Halifax explosion... | |||
Ran-chan Moldorm eek, when are they going to stop growing... Level: 143  Posts: 11753/12781 EXP: 35293588 For next: 538220 Since: 03-15-04 From: Nerima District, Tokyo - Japan Since last post: 12 hours Last activity: 12 hours |
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| When did Krakatau explode? That´d be louder than anything on Earth...even today. Okay, it wasn´t a battle or man-made but it was one hell of an explosion. |
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