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<p>New findings on the explosion which marked the start of the Battle of the Somme reveal exclusive details on the history of the crater, its capture by the Germans and how they successfully incorporated it into their front line after the blast.</p>
Somme's silent thunder: 60ft tunnel erupts, 40,000 lbs unleashed in WWI's fiery dawn
Somme's silent thunder: 60ft tunnel erupts, 40,000 lbs unleashed in WWI's fiery dawn
America was born as a nation of riflemen, and that foundation of marksmanship carried over to the fledgling pilots and aerial gunners training in America. One of the biggest problems that the Air Service faced, particularly in 1917, was an embarrassing lack of machine guns.
Commandant Stephen MacEoin, a historian and infantry leader, examines the ambush at Béal na Bláth from a military perspective.