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The delicate art of defusing Second World War bombs

Original: The art of defusing a second world war bomb

The Guardian has published an interactive feature explaining how bomb disposal teams deal with unexploded Second World War devices still found across Europe, particularly in Britain and Germany. Specialists describe how a single device 'could knock a whole street down', and walk through the careful process of identifying, excavating and defusing bombs dropped more than 80 years ago.

Why now: Ongoing evacuations and controlled explosions of wartime bombs still regularly disrupt European cities, and the piece offers a rare inside look at how experts handle them.

The Guardianbomb disposal teamsUnited KingdomGermany

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