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British mining and explosive experts planted tons of high explosive hidden in a network of tunnels under Messine ridge. When ignited, they created the biggest land mine in history--killing 10, German soldiers. The explosion rattled windows at 10 Downing St.

The Atlantic became a killing field as German submarines took on the might of the dominant British Navy. The stealth and silent killers were able to sink 5, ships by war's end, and nearly brought Britain to its knees. But in their frenzy of attacks, the Germans sink the US passenger liner Lusitania, killing nearly 2, on board.

American outrage helped President Wilson get Congress to finally agree to enter the war. Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. User icon An illustration of a person's head and chest.

Sign up Log in. Web icon An illustration of a computer application window Wayback Machine Texts icon An illustration of an open book. Books Video icon An illustration of two cells of a film strip. This drama-documentary attempts to do what no other film has done before - to show what it is like to live through a nuclear explosion, millisecond by millisecond.

Set in the three weeks from the first test explosion in New Mexico to the eventual dropping of the bomb, the action takes viewers into the room where the crucial political decisions are made; on board the Enola Gay on her fateful voyage; inside the bomb as it explodes; and on the streets of Hiroshima when disaster strikes.

Parallel storylines interweave, unfolding the action from both US and Japanese perspectives, and revealing the tensions and conflicts in the actions and minds of people who were making history. Special effects recreate the reality of the mission - even going inside the workings of the bomb - and archive film replays the horrific aftermath.

It shatters revisionist myths about what led to the decision to drop the bomb and respectfully presents both sides showing the agonizing pain of bomb victims and how Japan survived the bomb and the militarists who brought about the war to become a modern progressive nation.

Their use of culminated in a bold British plan that unfolded beneath the battlefield at Messine Ridge. British mining and explosive experts planted tons of high explosive hidden in a network of tunnels under Messine ridge. When ignited, they created the biggest land mine in history—killing 10, German soldiers.

The explosion rattled windows at 10 Downing St. The Atlantic became a killing field as German submarines took on the might of the dominant British Navy.

The stealth and silent killers were able to sink 5, ships by war's end, and nearly brought Britain to its knees.