Wellington Tunnels
The largest surprise attack of the First World War
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"Arras 1917, the story of the New Zealand Tunnellers"
"Arras 1917, the story of the New Zealand Tunnellers" A true historical evocation filmed in the Wellington Tunnels, enriched with archive footage, 3D images and accounts from historians
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Tea time after the battle ! After a successful first edition, the Wellington team welcomes you back to this time capsule for a coffee.
AN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE 20 METRES BELOW GROUND
20 metres below the pavements of Arras, discover the Wellington Tunnels, a museum steeped in memory and emotion. In November 1916, the British started preparing for the 1917 spring offensive. Their stroke of genius: to have the New Zealand tunnellers connect up the town’s medieval chalk extraction tunnels to create a network of underground barracks, large enough to accommodate up to 24,000 soldiers.
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