A lot of bombs fell on Europe during World War II. A lot of them did not explode and are still buried all over, many just waiting to go off.
The June 2nd Prokerata.com reported that three members of a German bomb disposal unit were killed and six wounded in Goettingen, Germany. the bomb had been found 7 meters deep in the ground. Over 7,000 people in a 1,000 meter radius had fortunately been evacuated, but some still wounded.
The June 1st Advertiser Normandy reports that 3,500 were evacuated for four hours in St. Lo after an unexploded World War II 245 kg bomb was found. This made the sixth bomb found in Normandy so far this year, the biggest being a half ton near the center of the town of Caen.
the region has a full-time team of bomb experts for disposal and estimate that it will be another 30 years before all are found and deactivated. Thousands of tons of bombs were dropped on German-occupied Normandy before and after D-Day and also in the following weeks.
Once defused and determined safe, the bombs are taken to two camps, put in a large hole and exploded.
Let's Be Careful Out There. --Cooter
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