{"id":5638,"date":"2021-11-03T17:33:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/sujets-thematiques\/mine-warfare\/"},"modified":"2021-11-10T09:39:37","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T08:39:37","slug":"mine-warfare","status":"publish","type":"sujets-thematiques","link":"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/en\/sujets-thematiques\/mine-warfare\/","title":{"rendered":"Mine Warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A tactic of the Great War <\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-Tranchee_dynamite-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Artist's view of a mine being laid under an enemy trench. Illustration from the newspaper Le Miroir in 1915.\" class=\"wp-image-2627\" width=\"315\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-Tranchee_dynamite-1.jpeg 558w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/4-Tranchee_dynamite-1-223x300.jpeg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 315px) 100vw, 315px\" \/><figcaption>Artist&#8217;s view of a mine being laid under an enemy trench. Illustration from the newspaper Le Miroir in 1915.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>In the Argonne, the Vauquois Mound was ripped open from side to side. The explosions of 519 mines and camouflets between the spring of 1915 and April 1918 were mainly responsible.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The largest mine, loaded with 60 tons of Westfalit, exploded on May 14, 1916, killing 108 French soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other side, on the upper reaches of the Meuse, the \u00c9parges Ridge saw one of the longest mine wars in history.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Indeed, there were nearly 130 mine explosions and camouflets. They shook the ground and the bowels of the land between February 1915 and August 1918.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today the Butte de Vauquois remains the only site that bears witness to this type of fighting. You can discover the underground passages accompanied by a guide and equipped with a helmet and a flashlight.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-FRAD055_FI_010FI0001_0135-1-1-300x192.jpeg\" alt=\"The Crete of Eparges.\" class=\"wp-image-2643\" width=\"358\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-FRAD055_FI_010FI0001_0135-1-1-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.landofmemory.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1-FRAD055_FI_010FI0001_0135-1-1-768x491.jpeg 768w, 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