German City Koblenz Half Evacuated After 'blockbuster' Raf Bomb Is Found In Rhine

[Amadeus]

Bomb discovery forces evacuation in German city

 

http://www.thestar.c...article/1095755

 

Nearly half the population of the German city of Koblenz will be evacuated this weekend after a large WWII bomb was discovered in the nearby Rhine River — the biggest evacuation in the country's history since 1945.

 

The roughly 4,000-pound British Royal Air Force aerial bomb was discovered in November when the unusually dry fall weather lowered the river's water levels.

 

“This is the biggest evacuation in Germany since the end of the war,” fire department spokesman Manfred Morschhäuser told the German newspaper, The Local, about Sunday's planned detonation of the bomb.

 

Pics: http://www.spiegel.d...ecke-75818.html

 

I take my hat off to anyone going near that thing - those explosive ordinance disposal guys must have biiiiiig cojones....

[Max Power]

Sorry about that Amadeus old chap!

[mal48]

Terrible legacy of war some 70 years on. I hope all goes well tomorrow with the controlled explosion.

[cheesypeas]

Ironic timing how this week there will also be negotiations for Germany to rule Europe again, only this tme financially.

[mal48]

Any news how events went on today