Battle of the Somme: new research shows detonating a massive mine under German lines too early led to a British slaughter

By Jamie Pringle, Reader in Forensic Geoscience, Keele University
John Paul Cassella, Lecturer in Forensic Investigation & Analysis, Professor of Forensic Science Education, Atlantic Technological University
Kristopher Wisniewski, Lecturer in Forensic Science, Keele University
Peter Doyle, Professor and Lecturer in Military History, Goldsmiths, University of London

Thanks to modern geological exploration technology we can piece together the events of July 1 1916 when a tactical error came with massive cost to the British army.

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