After five months of war, both the Germans and the Allies have dug themselves in behind impenetrable lines. Faced with this siege, the soldiers will bring back into use an old weapon that they will modernize, mines. During the summer of 1916, whilst the New Zealand tunnelers were digging out mine tunnels under the Arras suburbs, they discovered immense quarries. These soon served to shelter 24,000 British soldiers as they prepared their attack on German positions. With the help of world-class experts, computer-generated images, reenactments, and historical archives, you can now discover the incredible underground megastructures of the First…

After five months of war, both the Germans and the Allies have dug themselves in behind impenetrable lines. Faced with this siege, the soldiers will bring back into use an old weapon that they will modernize, mines. During the summer of 1916, whilst the New Zealand tunnelers were digging out mine tunnels under the Arras suburbs, they discovered immense quarries. These soon served to shelter 24,000 British soldiers as they prepared their attack on German positions. With the help of world-class experts, computer-generated images, reenactments, and historical archives, you can now discover the incredible underground megastructures of the First World War.