WWI "phantom soldiers" who carried out biggest explosion in history | 60 Minutes Australia
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
- In this 60 Minutes story from 2010, Australia's phantom soldiers finally get their moment in the spotlight. Previously long-forgotten from history books, these World War I diggers were immortalised in the Australian film, Beneath Hill 60.
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Synopsis | The Big Bang (2010)
As Australians, we're raised on the legend of Gallipoli - that heartbreaking story of mate ship and glorious courage, of miserable defeat and retreat. But did you know that our boys were also responsible for one of the greatest successes of the First World War? The place was Belgium, and the architects were a bunch of larrikin Aussie miners. They were, quite literally, diggers. And they pulled off the biggest explosion in human history. It's a great yarn, and somehow got lost over time. Now, the true story of Hill 60 is about to blast onto the big screen, finally granting our phantom soldiers their rightful place in history.
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Thank you for filling in this missing story from history. It boggles my mind that such a critical and significant event in the chain of the war’s entire history would simply be deleted for over a century. Thank you for bringing it to light for us all.
It's upsetting that I have never heard about these brave men bedore, but I'm grateful learn now. The Aussie fight and spirit is truly something else, but these men had it on a mega scale. Thank you for your service, and my deepest apologies that we haven't given you the appreciation you deserve ❤💙
What an incredible feat of courage and engineering. I think we lose sight of how we truly do owe so much to so few.
Exactly Mandy. Well said ❤
I saw a short documentary about this a few years ago. It would take great courage, it's one thing to work in mines, but quite another when bombs are going off above you, threatening to bring the earth down from above. Gives a new meaning to the down under.
Yes, it does.
But, also, a mine could collapse at any time!!
Coming from Flanders, from Bruges (70km away from Ypres) to be exact, we learned about the tunnels in history lessons at school. That it were specifically Australians was left out. It was just said it were the British.
30 meters is 98 feet which is on average the height of a 10 story building. I'm looking across the street at a 10 story hotel and feeling the absolute horror!
I knew about Aussie diggers. My great Uncle died there
My Great Uncle Charles Hicks died instantly on the 7th June 1917 around 2 pm when he was hit by shell fire after he reached the Messine Ridge and travelled around 1 mile further forward. He was buried by 4th Div. pioneers in front of the Messine town according to witnesses in their Red Cross statements. He is commemorated on the Menin Gate as his grave site is not known. He enlisted the previous year with 2 of his friends all under age. He served with the 45th Bat. 4th Div of the AIF no. 2188.
We come from the land down under ❤
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incredible bravery.!
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Now THEY were BRAVE!!!
HEROES!!!
Wich book /novel was it based upon ? Could it be "Birdsong" by Sebastian Faulks???
LES WE FORGET
It's sad - The Bank of England gets no credit for WW1?
Lmao beneath hill 60 has been out for a while now 2010 if I recall I watched it on Amazon prime a few years back really good movie
Would a factual video game to teach our kids and relay history be worth considering?
The further mythologising of WW1 continues.
bigger then the atomic bomb?
They said it was the biggest until the Atomic bombings. Still, a might feat
Yes- this explosion, then the atomic bomb. But, it wasn’t bigger than the atomic bomb
Prize for anyone who can explain what WW1 was all about... 🤔
Or was the book called "phantom soldiers " ? ? ?that wasn't 60 bleedin' minutes ?😂
We they try to say that their guys were first to do anything we know that they were first to be the ones to take on a very small country compaired to them and got sound beaten
I'm so proud of our diggers and proud to be an Aussie, but no fanfare like Vietnam vets is disgusting...
There were no ''great successes'' in WW I. It was Europeans slaughtering each other on a mass scale. Australians are Europeans too. It should never be celebrated in any way if you ask me.
incredible bravery.!
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