Bomb disposal experts defused a huge unexploded Second World War-era bomb in the German financial capital Frankfurt that forced the evacuation of more than 60,000 residents, police said Sunday. Officials ordered residents to evacuate homes within a 1.5-kilometre radius of the site in Germany’s financial capital. The high capacity bomb, also dubbed a Blockbuster, was one of thousands dropped over Germany by the Royal Air Force during the final years of the Second World War to cripple the Nazi war machine and demoralize the German population. Authorities warned that if the bomb had exploded, the shock wave could have caused widespread damage throughout the western part of the city. About 20,000 people were evacuated from the western city of Koblenz before specialists disarmed a 500-kilogram U.S. bomb there Saturday.

Source: National Post September 03, 2017 23:03 UTC