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France reveals British WWI cave camp

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From the Beeb: France reveals British WWI cave camp.

France has reopened a labyrinth of medieval quarries under the northern town of Arras which the British army converted into an underground hideout for 24,000 soldiers during World War I. [continue]

  • Inside the amazing cave city that housed 25,000 Allied troops under German noses in WWI – Daily Mail
  • Tunnellers in Arras – mil.nz

Posted in history & archaeology

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