If you’re curious, this area was a place of very heavy fighting in WW1 between the British and their Allies against the Germans.
After over half a a year of tunneling and set backs, the British forces plan to complete a tunnel beneath the Germans heavily fortified position and fill it with tons of explosives was compete.
The detonated the explosives- which killed and injured many German soldiers- but they also miss timed their attack and set the explosives off when their own troops were rushing to the German lines. On top of the general fighting from the war, the dangerous mining and the allied and enemy deaths and suffering from this one action were severe.
The crater from the main explosion remains to this day and became the pond in the photo- now often called the peace Pool or peace pond, a memorial to those killed at this place and the raw destruction of war as well as a reminder and caution and memorial concerning war in general.
After over half a a year of tunneling and set backs, the British forces plan to complete a tunnel beneath the Germans heavily fortified position and fill it with tons of explosives was compete.
The detonated the explosives- which killed and injured many German soldiers- but they also miss timed their attack and set the explosives off when their own troops were rushing to the German lines. On top of the general fighting from the war, the dangerous mining and the allied and enemy deaths and suffering from this one action were severe.
The crater from the main explosion remains to this day and became the pond in the photo- now often called the peace Pool or peace pond, a memorial to those killed at this place and the raw destruction of war as well as a reminder and caution and memorial concerning war in general.