80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...
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Unexploded ordnance still haunts Okinawa 80 years after WWII battle
Despite decades of clearance efforts, roughly 1,900 metric tons of deadly remnants are estimated to remain buried beneath the ...
Knewz on MSN5d
300,000 Tonnes of Unexploded 'Bombs' Were Dumped Into the Baltic Sea 80 Years Ago — Now, It's a Big Problem
The hope is that this pilot project will serve as a blueprint for future large-scale efforts, proving the systematic ...
Daily Mail2d
Danger, Unexploded Bomb
A new two-parter telling the story of Britain's World War II bomb disposal men - necessarily gripping, equally heartbreaking. A common misconception is that these men were highly trained experts ...
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WWII Ordnance Is Polluting the Baltic Sea
Discarded explosives were dumped into the Baltic and North seas after World War II. Their deadly legacy is still with us.
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WWII Aussie bomber shot down by Nazis found in Greek waters after 82 years
After 82 years, the wreck of WWII Australian Air Force's Baltimore bomber FW282 has been found off Greece’s Antikythera ...
How Black paratroopers saved the US from Japan’s WWII firebombs
Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...
Kentucky Today5d
Missing WWII warfighters found, families find closure after 80 years
Missing in Action. Just six weeks before World War II would end, the news came to four U.S. service member families via ...
WFMZ-TV6d
South Korean fighter jets accidentally drop bombs, injuring 8 people
(Yonhap via AP) Rescue members work at a bomb accident site where a South Korean fighter jet accidentally dropped bombs on a civilian area during training, in Pocheon, South Korea, Thursday ...
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Suspected unexploded bomb is actually just an enormous glittery bauble
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Exposed: British-made bombs used on civilian targets in Yemen
We have evidence of a British-made bomb which was used to destroy a Yemeni ceramics factory – a civilian building. The attack on the factory in the Sana’a governorate killed one person and violates ...
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'Russia does not want a ceasefire', Zelenskyy says after 14 killed in strike
'Russia does not want a ceasefire', Zelenskyy says after 14 killed in strike A senior Kremlin official has hinted at a shift in Moscow's stance on the issue of security guarantees for Ukraine ...