Beneath Hill 60

by Will Davies
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The story of the Australian miners and soldiers who tunnelled under Hill 60 near Ypres and eventually broke through to create a new frontline and enable the march to Berlin.

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On 7 June 1917, 19 massive mines shattered the Messines ridge near Ypres. Ten thousand German soldiers died and the largest man-made explosion in history up until that time smashed open the German frontline. Two of these mines, at Hill 60 and the Caterpillar, were fired my men of the 1st Australian Tunnelling Company, made up of miners and engineers rather than parade-ground soldiers. This is the untold, devastatingly brutal story of the battle underground during the First World War, where men suffocated in the blue-grey clay, drowned in the liquid chalk, choked on the poisonous air or died violently in the darkness and foetid air in hand-to-hand fighting. Written by Will Davies, bestselling author of SOMME MUD and In The Footsteps Of Private Lynch, Beneath Hill 60 tells the complete and inspiring story behind the major motion picture.

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Aug 15

Aussie WWI Story Gets Underway

by Random House Australia on 15 August 2009

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Follow the progress of the upcoming Epic Australian WWI Feature Film, BENEATH HILL 60. Keep up-to-date from the Development stages and Pre-Production to the Shoot and Post Production by clicking here. Most importantly, this incredible Aussie WWI story will be a major non-fiction book, to be published by Random House in early 2010 by acclaimed and bestselling writer of SOMME MUD, Will Davies. Read...

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