Posted on 08/30/2017 11:54:58 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Frankfurt am Main (AFP) - Some 70,000 people in Frankfurt will have to leave their homes this weekend in one of the biggest such evacuations in post-war Germany, police said Wednesday, after an unexploded World War-II bomb nicknamed "blockbuster" was uncovered.
The operation on Sunday will allow for the safe defusal of the 1,400-tonne British bomb, which German media said was nicknamed "Wohnblockknacker" (blockbuster) during the war for its ability to wipe out whole streets or buildings.
The unexploded bomb was discovered on Tuesday during building work a stone's throw from the Westend Campus of the Goethe University Frankfurt, police said in a statement.
Officers are guarding the site and there "is currently no danger".
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They find over 900 tons a year on average in World War One battlefields in France and Belgium mostly from French and Belgian farmers plowing the fields.
50,000 in Hanover last spring, and 45,000 in Koblenz (half the town) back in 2011, 20,000 in Cologne in 2015. The numbers aren’t that unusual, depending on the size of the bomb and the the density of the housing.
At least they aren’t as nasty as some of the World War I stuff in Belgium and northeast France.
[Did they sling it under 100 Lancasters?]
Well, two sparrows.....
Found it on DVD recently, it’s amazing how well it’s held up over the years.
They featured a blockbuster in the "Canterville Ghost", 1944.
Is this a notation issue?
Does the author mean 1.400-tonne? (approx 3087 pounds).
If I ever open up a German bar or restaurant, I'll be sure to put the Wohnblockknacker on the menu.
Drink or sausage? I'm not sure yet.
Probably the euro use of comma for a decimal, so 1.4 metric tons.
I thought Netflix wiped out all the Blockbusters.
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