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BBC News
6 days ago
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- BBC News
Surveyors 'pretty sure' WW2 bombs remain in Guernsey field
Surveyors have said they have likely identified three out of four unexploded World War Two bombs in a field in company is still on the search for the existence of the fourth at the site in St Peter Port, but said they would likely be finished by the end of this Cooke, the managing director of the company, said the suspected ordnances did not "present an immediate hazard" unless anyone interfered with them with a "great deal of energy or force", which is he said was "unlikely" at their Cooke said the survey system they used was "pretty accurate" but in order to verify that they were unexploded bombs, they would have to be excavated and visually identified. He added the types of ordnance being sought were British 2000lb (about 900kg) armour piercing bombs. The States of Guernsey contracted 6 Alpha Associates to inspect the fields next to Route Isabelle, after islanders raised concerns a previous survey had not looked deep enough for original survey in 2019 went as deep as 4m (13ft), but the latest survey indicates they could be at a depth of about 8m (26ft). What happens next? The company will hand over the details to the States to discuss the route the government wishes to Cooke said if it was decided they would be detonated, the bombs would "stay in situ" and be detonated beneath the added there was "some risk" in digging down to the bombs but, again, they would have to be struck with a lot of force to set them off."We've got ex-military bomb disposal technicians that know what they're doing and have been trained to deal with this sort of thing and they'll make sure they don't do that" Mr Cooke said.
CNA
09-06-2025
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- CNA
Four injured in explosion at US air base in Japan
TOKYO: An explosion injured four men at a Japanese facility for storing unexploded bombs at a United States air base in Okinawa on Monday (Jun 9), a fire official said, with their condition reportedly not critical. Japan Self-Defense Forces (SDF) members at the facility at Kadena Air Base were trying to wipe rust off items at the facility to re-assess if they were bombs, said local fire department official Akira Kamiunten. During that process, there was an explosion that injured four male SDF members who were rushed to the hospital, he told AFP. Jiji Press and other local media said none of the injuries were life-threatening. A defence ministry spokesman also confirmed reports of an explosion at Kadena Air Base, located on the main island of the southern region of Okinawa. During World War II, Japan used Okinawa as a buffer to slow US forces. More than a quarter of the main island's civilian population died in the 1945 Battle of Okinawa. US occupation only ended there in 1972, under a mutual treaty that left American bases in place.
South China Morning Post
05-06-2025
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- South China Morning Post
World War II bombs defused in German city's biggest post-war evacuation
Three unexploded US bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation since the end of the war. Advertisement More than 20,000 residents were evacuated from the city centre earlier Wednesday after the bombs were unearthed on Monday during preparatory work for road construction. Experts defused the bombs within about an hour, city authorities said in a statement. Even 80 years after the end of the war, unexploded bombs dropped during wartime air raids are frequently found in Germany. Sometimes, large-scale precautionary evacuations are needed. The location this time was unusually prominent – just across the Rhine River from Cologne's historic centre. A cordoned off area near the Cologne Cathedral. Photo: Reuters TV The evacuations included homes, 58 hotels, nine schools, a hospital and two nursing homes, several museums and office buildings and the Messe/Deutz railway station.
CBS News
04-06-2025
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- CBS News
3 World War II bombs defused in a German city's biggest evacuation since the end of the war
Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation since the end of the war. The bombs were unearthed on Monday during preparatory work for road construction. City authorities said that the discovered unexploded ordnances were two American 20-ton bombs and one American 10-ton bomb, each with impact fuses. More than 20,000 residents were evacuated Wednesday from the city center. Experts defused the bombs within about an hour, city authorities said in a statement. Even 80 years after the end of the war, unexploded bombs dropped during wartime air raids are frequently found in Germany. Sometimes, large-scale precautionary evacuations are needed. The location this time was unusually prominent - just across the Rhine River from Cologne's historic center. One of the three unexploded bombs from the Second World War is fenced off with screens as specialists prepare to defuse them in Cologne, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. Thomas Banneyer / AP Significantly bigger evacuations have occurred in other German cities. The evacuations included homes, 58 hotels, nine schools, a hospital and two nursing homes, several museums and office buildings and the Messe/Deutz train station. It also included three bridges across the Rhine, including the heavily used Hohenzollern railway bridge, which leads into Cologne's central station. Shipping on the Rhine was also suspended. Clearance to go ahead with defusing the bombs was delayed somewhat because one person in the historic center initially refused to leave their home, city authorities said. Bombs from World War II have been discovered on battlefields and cities where fighting took place, often decades after the war ended. In March, a World War II bomb was found near the tracks of Paris' Gare du Nord station. In February, more than 170 bombs were found near a children's playground in northern England. And in October 2024, a World War II bomb exploded at a Japanese airport.
Washington Post
04-06-2025
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- Washington Post
3 World War II bombs are defused in a German city's biggest postwar evacuation
COLOGNE, Germany — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation since the end of the war. More than 20,000 residents were evacuated from the city center earlier Wednesday after the bombs were unearthed on Monday during preparatory work for road construction.
