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Bomb disposal personnel from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force determined that the explosion was caused by an American 500-pound bomb that was likely dropped during a World War II air raid.
Police said bomb disposal experts were due to attend the site later. In a text message to members, the club said the soil came from a site which had a "history of bombs landing there during World ...
Greek army specialists Thursday destroyed an unexploded World War II bomb discovered during work on a massive urban development project at a coastal area south of Athens. Authorities said the 500 ...
8 June 2022: After a suspected wartime bomb is found in a lake in Mossley Hill in Liverpool, a planned detonation is successfully carried out. [27] 26 January 2023: A planned detonation of a wartime bomb found on a beach in Essex occurs. [28] 10 February 2023: A World War II bomb exploded in Great Yarmouth during attempts to defuse it. Minor ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 January 2025. Aerial bombing attacks in 1945 You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (June 2023) Click [show] for important translation instructions. Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations ...
In 1974, it was announced that the cause of the explosion was probably a site worker removing a detonator from a live bomb using a brass chisel, rather than a wooden batten, resulting in sparks. An eyewitness testified that he had seen a worker using brass chisels, in direct contravention of the regulations in force.
Around 2,600 properties in the vicinity of Glenthorne Road, including 1,400 university students, were evacuated on Friday and Saturday.
The final report of the No. 5 bomber group on April 10, 1945 gave the destruction of the city at 89%, and for the suburbs at 68%. This was above average, as was the Würzburg district of Heidingsfeld, which some bomber crews targeted before reaching their primary target.