Wednesday, June 2, 2010

65 Years Later, People Are Still Dying Because Of World War II

In Germany, more than 2,000 tons of American and British aerial bombs are recovered every year

Three Killed As World War Two Bomb Explodes In Germany -- The Daily Mail

Germany is mourning the loss of three bomb disposal experts killed yesterday by a 2,000lb World War II aerial mine.

Three others were seriously injured by the explosion which occurred when a bomb disposal team was cutting through the acid fuse of the bomb buried 24ft down in the university city of Goettingen.

Fire brigade spokesman Frank Gloth said, 'Evacuation measures were far advanced for 7,200 people in a wide radius from where the bomb lay.

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My Comment:
In Eastern Europe there is a report once or twice a year of someone dying from a World War II ordinance. Sadly .... such tragedies will probably continue for the next few decades. Sighhh .... another example in which the legacy of a war tends to continue long after the war has ended.

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