The War that Keeps on Giving: Most wars keep on giving, of course, in the form of unexploded mines and bombs, but every so often, a bomb from WW II makes headlines. I don't know if you...

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Most wars keep on giving, of course, in the form of unexploded mines and bombs, but every so often, a bomb from WW II makes headlines. I don't know if you can read the article, but a bomb recently exploded in Germany, leaving a crater 33' across and 13" deep.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/06/25/mysterious-explosion-left-crater-german-field-it-may-have-been-wwii-bomb/?utm_term=.3659a2ff3dcb

ChuckMc Loc: Prescott, AZ

Just think how many times that bomb has been driven over and plowed over.

foathog Loc: Greensboro, NC

Now they can have a nice pond. thank god nobody was hurt.

usken65

It wasn’t a bomb. That’s where the ufo crashed.

Fotoserj Loc: St calixte Qc Ca

Many place, under the trench line of 14-18 war, lies very large amount of explosives, set up to blow up bunker site before an assault that never took place that would make this hole look like a fart when they detonate

sbohne

I studied WWII in college quite extensively, still learning. This makes me think of an article I read that explained that even a decade after the end of the war, farmers were being killed by unexploded ordinance that they hit while plowing their fields. Would have made me SERIOUSLY consider no-till farming!

sbohne

Fotoserj wrote:

Many place, under the trench line of 14-18 war, lies very large amount of explosives, set up to blow up bunker site before an assault that never took place that would make this hole look like a fart when they detonate

You are SO correct.

In addition, many trenches were dug with the sole purpose of using the tactic of using a "false retreat" to cause the enemy to advance, only to be blown to bits. The only problem? It worked less than half the time--the stuff didn't always explode! There was a documentary film about a village that was nearly totaled many years later by the very thing you mention.

So lots of that stuff still there, waiting...

jkm757 Loc: San Diego, Ca.

jerryc41 wrote:

Most wars keep on giving, of course, in the form of unexploded mines and bombs, but every so often, a bomb from WW II makes headlines. I don't know if you can read the article, but a bomb recently exploded in Germany, leaving a crater 33' across and 13" deep.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/06/25/mysterious-explosion-left-crater-german-field-it-may-have-been-wwii-bomb/?utm_term=.3659a2ff3dcb

They need to get a new tape measure. That crater looks like it's more than 13" deep.

Dbl00buk Loc: Orlando

sbohne wrote:

I studied WWII in college quite extensively, still learning. This makes me think of an article I read that explained that even a decade after the end of the war, farmers were being killed by unexploded ordinance that they hit while plowing their fields. Would have made me SERIOUSLY consider no-till farming!

Many years ago when I was around 10, I heard my dad talking to his brother regarding an ex-german
soldier who was killed on his farm in (I think) the Regensburg area in the early 1950's. He said it was noted, his tractor created enough vibration to detonate a buried huge demo bomb as he drove in front of it. The explosive force literally picked up the front end of the tractor and flipped it crushing the farmer. He said the engine block was thrown some 30-40 yards from the site. I remember my mother being really ticked 'cause he was discussing this at the dinner table with me there. Funny how you remember certain things.