An article in The Telegraph explores the impact that unexploded shells and other weaponry from the First World War has on European populations today.
“Nearly 100 years on the Belgian and French authorities are still clearing up the debris of the Great War. In fact their so-called ‘Iron Harvests’ are bigger now than they were several decades ago, largely because the farmers have heavier and more sophisticated tractors that plough much deeper, and because more construction work is taking place in the towns and villages along the old Western Front”.
To read the full article, visit The Telegraph website here.
Date of article publication: 12/07/2013
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Posted by: Daniel Barry, Centenary News