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This fascinating 5-part series unearths the untold story about how the Great War went underground - the tales of tunnellers and miners who dug under the enemy when there was no other choice but to attack from beneath. A 5-part series: The Mines of Ypres, The Secret of the Somm, Vauquois, Hill of Death, Monte Paterno, Col di Lana.
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Episode 1
44 mins
The story of how a unique British tunneling technique developed for the mud of Flanders was employed to win the strategic ground during the gruesome trench warfare of the Ypres Salient.





