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WWII Bomb Detonated in Munich, Germany

submitted by cricket

1 decade 1 year 7 months 3 weeks ago

A bomb disposal team has detonated an American bomb left over from World War II found in the German city of Munich.

The detonation happened shortly before 22:00 local time (20:00 GMT) in the Schwabing district and was heard across the city, local media report.

There are reports that sparks from the explosion caused the roofs of some neighbouring buildings to catchfire.

The bomb was discovered on Monday night by building workers at the site of an old bar that was being demolished.

Overnight, 2,500 residents were evacuated from the area closest to the bomb, with others living further away being told to stay in their homes.

Experts decided it was not possible to make the device safe because of its unusual fuse, which operated by means of a chemical reaction rather than the mechanical device that many Allied World War II bombs used.

The bomb was described as a highly explosive, a 550lb (250kg) device dropped by the Americans. Source YouTube

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Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!

The U.S. just had to bomb Germany 1 last time for WW2 as a sorta "..and one to grow on!"

hehe

I'd hate to be the Ambassador or President calling up Germany "Ahh! So that's where our bomb was... at a bar... figures."

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Adding video to channels (Fire, Military) - requested by dingens.

Jesus that was fucking loud. Just imagine being in Germany when the bombs fell one after another after another. If you survived you'd walk out to a horrible moonscape of destruction. Imagine the town your live in being utterly destroyed in a horrifying onslaught of military might. It's just awful, we really need to make sure we never have another world war, and get rid of our damn nuclear weapons!

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