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Watch The Largest Unexploded World War Two Bomb Detonated in Poland

By The Scuba News Press TeamOctober 29, 2020No Comments1 Min Read

The largest unexploded World War Two bomb ever found in Poland has detonated during the defusing process, a Polish Navy spokesman said

The RAF dropped the Tallboy in a raid in 1945 which sank the German cruiser Lützow. The bomb was 6m in length and weighed over 5 tonnes.

#Tallboy, the largest unexploded #WWII bomb detonated💣
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Lt Cmdr G.Lewandowski, 8th Coastal Defence Flotilla: The deflagration process turned into detonation. The object can be considered neutralised, it will not pose any more threat to the Szczecin-Swinoujscie shipping channel. pic.twitter.com/xHkRzAaONn
— Poland MOD 🇵🇱 (@Poland_MOD) October 14, 2020