The operation to defuse the giant 1,400kg device this weekend will be one of the biggest such exercises ever undertakenUp to 70,000 people have been told to leave their homes in Frankfurt after an unexploded second world war bomb nicknamed “blockbuster” was uncovered. The evacuation was due to take place on Sunday and is one of the biggest such operations ever mounted. Read moreThe unexploded bomb was discovered on Tuesday during building work a stone’s throw from the Westend campus of the Goethe University, police said in a statement. “Due to the large size of the bomb, extensive evacuation measures must be taken,” police said. More than 70 years after the end of the war, unexploded bombs are regularly found in Germany, legacies of the intense bombing campaigns by the Allied forces.

Source: The Guardian August 31, 2017 01:18 UTC