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""Gentlemen, we may not make history tomorrow, but we shall certainly change the geography."" So said General Plumer the day before 600 tons of explosives were detonated under the German positions on Messines Ridge. The explosion was heard by Lloyd George in Downing Street, and as far away as Dublin. Until 1918, Messines was the only clear-cut Allied victory on the Western Front, coming at a time when Britain and her allies needed it most: boosting Allied morale and shattering that of the German
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Ian Passingham; Peter Simkins; Jan Passingham
- Publisher
- Sutton Publishing
- Published
- 1999
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780750934640
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, World War I, Military History
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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