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Events on Thursday 14 June 1917 1
1917Battle of MessinesBritish mines devastate German lines in FlandersBritish and Commonwealth forces detonated a series of massive underground mines beneath German positions near Messines, one of the largest planned explosions in history to that point. The attack captured the ridge with comparatively limited casualties before the wider Passchendaele campaign began.