Qualle1 1,385 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Bombing of Hanover in World War II The Bombing of Hanover was a series of eighty-eightair raids by RAF Bomber Command and the United States Army Air Forces on the German city ofHanover during World War II.[1][2] 4,748 residents and 2,034 others were killed.[3] Around 1,000 aerial mines, 34,000 high explosive bombs, 900,000 incendiary bombs and 50,000 fire bombs were dropped. The heaviest raid was that by the RAF on the night of 8/9 October 1943, killing 1,245 people. This was an example of the carpet bombing of suburban and residential civilian targets laid out in the 14 February 1942 Area Bombing Directive.[4] At the end of the war 90% of the city centre was destroyed, with 52% of buildings heavily damaged or completely destroyed.[5] A total of 7.5 million cubic metres of rubble had to be removed. Of the 147,222 dwellings recorded at the end of 1939, 51.2% were heavily damaged or totally destroyed, 43.6% lightly or moderately damaged and only 7,489 dwellings (5.2%) completely undamaged.[3] The Aegidienkirche andNikolaikapelle were both destroyed but it was decided to leave them in ruins after the war as a war memorial. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Hanover_in_World_War_II MAKE LOVE NOT WAR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FATCAT 60,909 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 It's actually pretty common, but never as large as this. Quite scary when you consider how volatile these bombs once were. This kitten over here (meow) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qualle1 1,385 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 Everything went as planned so far: They could successfully defuse a 500 kg and a 250 kg aircraft bomb. Another 250 kg aircraft bomb is causing trouble, because they can defuse this one only with a water-jet cutter or by a controlled explosion. MAKE LOVE NOT WAR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qualle1 1,385 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 The 3rd and last aircraft bomb just got successfully defused! After all of the three exploders got finally destroyed, the evacuation will be officially over and the 50.000 people are allowed to go back into their homes! MAKE LOVE NOT WAR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modern Ecstacy 3,890 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 17 hours ago, AKB48 said: it's scary to think that a lot of places in Europe are full of hidden bombs waiting to explode or be discovered In a lot of other post war countries too Example: Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HANZ 4,380 Posted May 7, 2017 Share Posted May 7, 2017 16 minutes ago, Modern Ecstacy said: In a lot of other post war countries too Example: Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Laos etc. yeah but I have no desire to go there, lol meanwhile I want to see every single part of europe My Favs = Lady Gaga, Janet Jackson, Ricky Martin, AKB48 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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