Poland: Massive WW2 bomb detonates underwater during navy operation
An enormous World War II bomb has detonated underwater after Polish navy divers attempted to make the device safe.
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The explosive device — nicknamed "Tallboy" and capable of causing a small earthquake —was discovered in September last year at the bottom of a shipping channel in Swinoujscie, on the Baltic coast.
A relic of World War II, the bomb was dropped by the British Royal Air Force in an attack on a Nazi warship in 1945 and was only found during dredging of the access road to the port of Szczecin, in north-west Poland.
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The intention had been to try and neutralise the bomb by burning out its explosives, but in the end, it was detonated without damage.
https://www.euronews.com/2020/10/14/polish-navy-bid-to-defuse-one-of-wwii-s-largest-bombs-near-baltic-coast
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