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In a surprising irony, a tunnel built by the Germans in French territory during the First World War has been found after more than 100 years and it’s of utmost urgency that its location be kept secret.
By 1917, German troops had held a hilly area some 200 km northeast of Paris for two years. From there, on what became known as the Chemin des Dames battlefront, they were able to watch for advancing French soldiers. During this time, the German soldiers, from the 10th and 11th companies of the 111th Reserve Regiment, had dug an intricate system of tunnels into the limestone for underground defences and stores, some as deep as 20 metres. One was a supply tunnel that ran 300 metres from the north side of the hill to the south side, to where the first line of German trenches lay.
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Bombed First World War tunnel found, with remains of 270 German soldiers still in it
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