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World War II: Still Raging

June 11th, 2010 - by Robby Slaughter

Although it’s been many years since the close of the Second World War, technicians throughout Europe are still dealing with the aftermath. In fact, the conflict claimed three more lives.

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How is WWII still at work? Because experts estimate that there are still over 100,000 unexploded bombs throughout the countryside. An article in Spiegel Online discusses this reality:

A World War II bomb killed three disposal experts and injured six in the central German city of Göttingen on Tuesday night when it exploded just as they were preparing to defuse it. Wartime bombs are found almost weekly in Germany, but deaths are rare.

Three members of a bomb disposal team were killed in the central German city of Göttingen on Tuesday night while they were preparing to defuse a World War II bomb found on a construction site, police said.

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Barely a week goes by in Germany without unexploded bombs from World War II being discovered on building sites, but deaths are rare. The 500 kilogram bomb was of a particularly dangerous type because it had a delay-action chemical fuse, which can make it highly unstable.

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