Article 593AS WW2 bomb explodes underwater in Poland during attempt to defuse it – video

WW2 bomb explodes underwater in Poland during attempt to defuse it – video

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A British bomb left over from the second world war has been detonated in Poland. The 5,400kg Tallboy bomb was dropped by the RAF in 1945 during an attack on a German cruiser. It was rediscovered in September 2019 during works to deepen a waterway near the port of Szczecin. Navy divers from Poland had rigged a small explosion to disarm the bomb but instead it went off. There were no injuries.

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