Review of the Film 'Beneath Hill 60'
The 2010 movie 'Beneath Hill 60' tells the real tale of a group of soldiers from the 1st Australian Tunnellers led by Captain Oliver Woodward CMG MC and 2 bars. In the movie, Woodward is portrayed by Brendan Cowell. He was a miner and metallurgist from New South Wales and had not joined up as a lot of other men from the area had done. He was seen to be required to stay home to help the war effort and consequently, he had been sent various white feathers. It had been commonplace back then for individuals to present white feathers to the people that they considered to be cowards.
Hill 60 can be found in the southern section of the Ypres Salient and it was not a natural feature. The hill is made with soil dug away to produce a local railway cutting. A few serious battles occurred at Hill 60 during both World War I and World War II. During one evening in 1915, four Victoria Crosses were granted as a German offensive was effectively fought off.
The motion picture highlights the events at the beginning of the Battle of Messines in 1917. 19 mines with about 500,000 kgs of explosives were set off before the launch of the assault. The storyline centres around the actions of Woodward and his soldiers showcasing precisely what the tunneller companies needed to put up with, an element of war that gets very little coverage.
Woodward is given command of a company and sets an example all through the build-up ahead of the assault around Ypres. The attack starts out in the early hours of the morning when Woodward sets off the mine his soldiers have spent the previous weeks putting in place and defending.
Shortly after the war, Woodward goes back to Australia to get married to his young girlfriend who had pleaded with him never to join the army.
'Beneath Hill 60' is a great movie which tells the story of among the most scary aspects of the Western Front. The tunnellers on both sides had to work in horrible conditions knowing the enemy may be just feet away ready to either blow up their tunnel or break in and start firing.
Hill 60 can be found in the southern section of the Ypres Salient and it was not a natural feature. The hill is made with soil dug away to produce a local railway cutting. A few serious battles occurred at Hill 60 during both World War I and World War II. During one evening in 1915, four Victoria Crosses were granted as a German offensive was effectively fought off.
The motion picture highlights the events at the beginning of the Battle of Messines in 1917. 19 mines with about 500,000 kgs of explosives were set off before the launch of the assault. The storyline centres around the actions of Woodward and his soldiers showcasing precisely what the tunneller companies needed to put up with, an element of war that gets very little coverage.
Woodward is given command of a company and sets an example all through the build-up ahead of the assault around Ypres. The attack starts out in the early hours of the morning when Woodward sets off the mine his soldiers have spent the previous weeks putting in place and defending.
Shortly after the war, Woodward goes back to Australia to get married to his young girlfriend who had pleaded with him never to join the army.
'Beneath Hill 60' is a great movie which tells the story of among the most scary aspects of the Western Front. The tunnellers on both sides had to work in horrible conditions knowing the enemy may be just feet away ready to either blow up their tunnel or break in and start firing.
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The battles on the Western Front during World War One were awful and the region around Ypres saw some of the deadliest fighting.. This article, Review of the Film 'Beneath Hill 60' has free reprint rights.
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