Winter at the Lochnagar Crater… | Sacred Ground Tours

💥One explosion - 10,000 dead On July 1st, 1916, the first day of the Battle of the Somme, British engineers detonated 27 tons of explosives beneath German lines near La Boisselle. The blast created the Lochnagar Crater – 100 meters wide, 20 meters deep – still visible today. The explosion was heard for miles. Smoke rose over a kilometer high. But the attack failed – and nearly 60,000 British soldiers fell on that single day. The crater remains: a gaping wound in the Earth from a war that devour

Lochnagar - Biggest Crater from WW1 💥One explosion - 10,000 dead The Lochnagar Crater is a large World War I site near La Boisselle, France, created by a massive British mine explosion on July 1, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme. The explosion left a crater 91 meters wide and 21 meters deep. Today, it’s preserved as a memorial to those who fought and died in the battle. The largest conventional detonation to date could be heard as far away as London #lochnagar#explore | Blitzwinkel

Biggest Crater WW1 💥 💥One explosion - 10,000 dead The Lochnagar Crater is a large World War I site near La Boisselle, France, created by a massive British mine explosion on July 1, 1916, during the Battle | DorothyWilliams

Lochnagar, biggest crater from WW1. One explosion - 10,000 deaths 😱 #reels #explore #foryou #ww1 #bomb #history | Revealing the Truth

Lochnagar Crater A Monument to War’s Brutality and The Biggest Crater of WW1 💥 The Lochnagar Crater, created by a massive explosion during World War I, marks the spot where around 10,000 soldiers perished | DorothyWilliams

Lochnagar Crater, Somme, France… | Sacred Ground Tours

Lochnagar Crater 💥 – Explosion und Schlacht an der Somme Am 1. Juli 1916, zu Beginn der Schlacht an der Somme, detonierte unter den deutschen Stellungen bei La Boisselle eine der größten Minenexplosionen des Ersten Weltkriegs. Die britische Armee hatte monatelang einen Tunnel gegraben und am Ende über 27 Tonnen Sprengstoff gezündet. Die Explosion schuf den heutigen Lochnagar Crater – fast 100 Meter breit und rund 30 Meter tief. Die Detonation war kilometerweit zu hören und markierte den Auftakt