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Could the Somme get any worse...?

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Seems as though it could. In the one area where the British actually managed to breach the German lines (and quite handily) they deployed a huge flame projector underground in its own tunnel system with a pop-up head/nozzle that bathed the German trenches with a napalm-like mixture. Very nasty.

 

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Arrgghhh - I hought only the flyers had been afraid to burn alive...

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Good golly miss Molly, had no idea they used anything like this. I watched the whole thing, terrifying.

 

They also found some amazing artifacts though. The body was depressing, I can't imagine how many others are buried out there right now as we speak. It's a massive cemetery really.

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Good golly miss Molly, had no idea they used anything like this. I watched the whole thing, terrifying.

Me neither. I always thought flamethrowers (the mobile back-pack version)were a German invention. 'Seems the Lusitania made a very big impression on Captain Livens.

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Thanks for sharing this.  I watched the whole video it was astonishing seeing this machine work.  I would like to someday visit these areas to pay my respects to these men who servered their countries honorably.  Thanks again for sharing this with us.

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