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Old Crank

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7. There have been at least 3 in and around Munich since I moved here in 2015.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sat Feb 24, 2024, 03:27 PM

Feb 2024

The latest one was found by a construction person while working in expanding the Sbahn.
One in a field went off by itself.
There are extimates that 25% of the bombs didn't go off on initial impact. They went into the dirt and then stayed there. Waiting.

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WWII-era bomb safely detonated at sea after one of the largest peacetime evacuations in UK history [View all] Omaha Steve Feb 2024 OP

kind of risky to move it, no? bucolic_frolic Feb 2024 #1

Yet, I heard nothing about this via US 'news'. sinkingfeeling Feb 2024 #2

It was in todays San Jose Mercury news. Old Crank Feb 2024 #8

Wonder how they detonated it at sea? KS Toronado Feb 2024 #3

took it down about 50 feet, and a diver placed a charge on it - that was the plan, anyway muriel_volestrangler Feb 2024 #10

biga booma - bigga badabooma! getagrip_already Feb 2024 #4

Poor Plymouth. 59 German air raid during WWll. And unlike Londoners, they had no subway to hide in. FailureToCommunicate Feb 2024 #5

Here in Germany, construction crews still find 500 pound bombs regularly DFW Feb 2024 #6

There have been at least 3 in and around Munich since I moved here in 2015. Old Crank Feb 2024 #7

It happens Leith Feb 2024 #9

I bet the driver wished they hadn't installed speed bumps on the route muriel_volestrangler Feb 2024 #11

Can't find video of the bomb detonationBut canetoad Feb 2024 #12

Nazis LudwigPastorius Feb 2024 #13

The world really needs a couple of centuries to clean up Aussie105 Feb 2024 #14