The Hidden War

A definitive history of the men who faced darkness, danger, and the constant threat of being buried alive.

Far below the trenches of the Western Front, where darkness pressed against timber and clay and every sound carried the threat of death, Australian tunnellers waged a war few have heard, and even fewer can imagine. Working in suffocating heat, stale air and crushing claustrophobia, these men carved out living quarters, supply chambers and attack tunnels — sometimes only inches fr…