550-pound WWII bomb defused after thousands evacuated

The discovery caused officials to evacuate 18,000 people on Wednesday, the largest such operation ever in the city, emergency ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Specialists Carefully Defuse a 550-Pound Bomb in Dresden—Eight Decades After It Fell During World War II

After the ordnance was discovered, 18,000 people evacuated from the city. Experts worked for several hours to safely dispose ...
CBS News

1,000-pound U.S.-made WWII bomb found in Belgrade construction site

A 1,000-pound aerial bomb used by the United States and Allied forces during World War II was safely removed from a construction site in a central district of Serbia's capital, Belgrade, on Sunday, ...
Barron's

A 470-kilo World War II Unexploded Bomb Removed In Belgrade

A 470-kg World War II bomb was safely removed from a construction site in the wider central area of Belgrade. The US-made AN-M44 bomb, used during Allied air raids in 1944, was transported to an army ...
AOL

2,000-pound World War 2 bomb intentionally detonated in England

English officials evacuated 2,600 people from the University of Exeter campus and detonated a 2000-pound bomb from World War 2 ...
Stars and Stripes

American-made bomb from WWII uncovered near runway on small Okinawa island

Okinawa authorities discovered a U.S.-made bomb believed to date to World War II during an airport safety survey on a southern Japanese island, the first ordnance found in a series of inspections ...
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Poland, Germany recall first WWII Nazi bombs 80 years on

The heads of state of Poland and Germany will on Sunday mark 80 years since the outbreak of history's bloodiest conflict with a ceremony in the Polish city of Wielun, where the first World War II ...