Bbc News Earthquake Bomb
A massive world war ii bomb exploded during a delicate operation on tuesday to defuse the five ton device in a channel near the baltic sea but no one was harmed polish officials said.
Bbc news earthquake bomb. The polish navy said there had been a 5050 chance the bomb would explode and all the divers. The raf dropped it in a raid in 1945 which sank the german cruiser luetzow. The tallboy or earthquake bomb is 6m 19ft long and weighs 54 tonnes nearly half of which is explosives.
The raf dropped the tallboy or earthquake bomb in a raid in 1945 which sank the german cruiser luetzow. The bomb was found at a depth of 40 feet with its nose sticking out the bbc reported. A magnitude 70 earthquake hits turkeys aegean coast a magnitude 70 earthquake hits turkeys aegean coast a powerful earthquake has struck off turkeys aegean coast north of the.
The bbcs adam easton reports from warsaw. The raf dropped the tallboy or earthquake bomb in a raid in 1945 which sank the german cruiser luetzow. The bomb was found in september 2019 during work to expand the channel.
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Swinoujscie was part of germany and called swinemuende at the time of the bombardment. Bbc news provides trusted world and uk news as well as local and regional perspectives.