Every year, and I do mean every year several hundred tonnes of munitions, some of it still live, is dug up in parts of France and Belgium. Hundreds of people have died from these munitions exploding in the century after the war. The last casualty of the First World War has probably not even been born yet.
Something like 18 million shells have been unearthed in France and surrounding theatres, estimated that there are probably another 12 million buried. Basically, 100+ years later, these are still war zones with live shells. Absolutely astounding
![image showing 105mm shells from an allied bombardment all fired in a single day on German lines, 1916. [1300 × 943]](01120d24-6770-5b3a-ae32-527b1ba10bba.jpg)
hyperdream on January 9th, 2018 at 15:13 UTC »
I wonder if the rounds stacked neatly at the back of the pile are duds.
kindersvandiewind on January 9th, 2018 at 15:42 UTC »
Every year, and I do mean every year several hundred tonnes of munitions, some of it still live, is dug up in parts of France and Belgium. Hundreds of people have died from these munitions exploding in the century after the war. The last casualty of the First World War has probably not even been born yet.
comicarcade on January 9th, 2018 at 15:45 UTC »
Something like 18 million shells have been unearthed in France and surrounding theatres, estimated that there are probably another 12 million buried. Basically, 100+ years later, these are still war zones with live shells. Absolutely astounding