This WWII-Era Bomb Was Discovered and Detonated On a Beach in Belgium!

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War is hell and sometimes that hell endures for more than half a century buried on a beach in western Europe. Recently, in Koksijde in Belgium, a bomb that lay dormant was discovered and detonated. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.

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00:00War is hell, and sometimes that hell endures more than half a century buried here on a beach in

00:06Western Europe. This video was recently captured on a beach in Coxsaita in Belgium, and this is

00:11the moment authorities detonated a bomb that has remained dormant in this very spot since the

00:161940s. The bomb landed here during the Second World War, dropped from an airplane. However,

00:22it never blew up. Authorities say it weighed some 220 pounds, adding that fines like these

00:27are not uncommon. During the Second World War, millions of bombs were dropped all over Europe.

00:32In fact, there were two fines just like this one in the UK last year, one on a beach in Essex,

00:38and another which exploded during the disarming process in Great Yarmouth. However, there have

00:42been thousands of others discovered and disarmed or detonated all over Europe since the end of World

00:47War II, with this most recent one on a beach no doubt frequented by locals during the summer months,

00:52revealing just how enduring the effects of war really are. A stark reminder amidst a world

00:57currently experiencing myriad conflicts.

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