Tunnel warfare in WW1

[Psychic]

oh yeah!
I like reading such threads ...I've not stumbled upon anything interesting recently.

You could do that on caneries in wars, or animals in war if u have free time and want to write.

Your answer is logical.

Now try this..

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and this...

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You have a book on tunnel war and u said it was new to you?

 

[WAJsal]

Very informative thread ,@Psychic . Keep up the good work.

Ah yes!
I had read about the yellow canaries which were used as war animals. But then why yellow ones only???

Do you think this could be true??

Could be.

 

[Levina]

You have a book on tunnel war and u said it was new to you?

No not a book.
I've subscribed to many FB pages which are military/war related, and theres' a lot of amazing stuff that gets posted on such pages. I read about tunnel warfare on one such page.

 

[Psychic]

@Yazp @Akheilos @Indus Falcon may be something of your intrest in op?

 

[Yazp]

@Yazp @Akheilos @Indus Falcon may be something of your intrest in op?

Pretty cool pictures!

 

[Sine Nomine]

tunnel warfare is actually much older if anyone here has played stronghold series, he will know. In medieval times, ww1, vietnam war, Ghaza conflict even Iraq , Afghan wars but ww1 beats all of them when it is about the scale on which mining is done. Do not know about the color of canaries I think any color is acceptable. BTW you used to do threads like that but now it looks like you don't have much time?

Well it has been around Roman times but actual trench digging warfare stared to develop after advent of cannons,the first true trench was dug in September 1914 on western french,even toady they are used to get shield from splinters,known in India and Pakistan SORANG.

high time you changed your username.

webby tuned down my past request.

 

[Psychic]

Well it has been around Roman times but actual trench digging warfare stared to develop after advent of cannons,the first true trench was dug in September 1914 on western french,even toady they are used to get shield from splinters,known in India and Pakistan SORANG.

webby tuned down my past request.

Sorang is a general name for tunnels, not necessarily military purpose tunnels.

 

[Psychic]

Wow!
This such an awesome thread. I had heard of the attraction. If am not wrong Romans 're

The first thing that came to my mind after looking at the 2nd picture in OP was, how did the British calculate the distance to be maintained from German tunnels?
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I got my answer in the next post which was about "listening"

I saved that part for replying later but forgot to do so.

You got it wrong. Listening was used to detect enemy tunnelling activity, NOT for general navigation.
Tunnels were laid out like roads. Surveying instruments like theolodites etc were used to navigate in the tunnels.

 

[Levina]

I saved that part for replying later but forgot to do so.

You got it wrong. Listening was used to detect enemy tunnelling activity, NOT for general navigation.
Tunnels were laid out like roads. Surveying instruments like theolodites etc were used to navigate in the tunnels.

Yes that's what I meant, they had to detect tunnelling activity of the enemy to prevent digging straight into their tunnels.

 

[Gufi]

If am not wrong Romans 're credited for coming up this idea of employing tunnels and trenches for guerrilla-like warfare ......

That is still debated, with defensive tunnels being used by many different civilisation but yes they used it effectively. Also on e of the first examples of chemical warfare was seen in tunnels.

 

[Levina]

Also on e of the first examples of chemical warfare was seen in tunnels.

Really???
Could you tell me more about it?

 

[Gufi]

Could you tell me more about it?

Buried with Secrets: Skeletons Likely Victims of Chemical Weapon | Rome, Persia and Ancient Warfare | Battle for Dura

 

[Levina]

Buried with Secrets: Skeletons Likely Victims of Chemical Weapon | Rome, Persia and Ancient Warfare | Battle for Dura

so the first checmical warfare took place 2000 yrs back, thats news to me. That was an excellent article on ancient warfare, thanks for sharing it here.

 

[Indian Patriot]

Trench warfare in first world war was hell. Troops would be bogged down in trenches for days at a stretch and have to eat, sleep, defecate there, endure the elements and the incessant enemy shelling and the occasional chemical attacks (it was perhaps the first instance of using poison gas in war). Troops trying to advance would be cut down literally by barb wire or enemy machine gun fire.

It was a hard time for all sides involved.