Belgian Army clearing the 'iron harvest' of World War I shells from beneath Flanders' fields

[IrishGunner]

An interesting article about the tons of unexploded ordnance still under WWI battlefields and the effort to continue disposing of it...especially as the 100th anniversary commemorations approach. This article has some great photos of WWI artillery shells.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2497732/The-iron-harvest-Meet-soldiers-tasked-clearing-hundreds-tonnes-deadly-World-War-I-shells-mines-beneath-fields-Flanders.html

Edited November 13, 2013 by IrishGunner

[Paul C]

Thanks for posting it. I did not realize how bad it it.