‘It could knock a whole street down’: the art of defusing a second world war bomb
On 14 January this year, army and navy squads faced an unprecedented challenge: one bomb on a Plymouth building site, another floating on a dredger in Exmouth. That afternoon, the clock started ticking
TL;DR
- Army and navy squads faced two bomb threats on January 14th.
- One bomb was located on a Plymouth building site.
- Another bomb was found floating on a dredger in Exmouth.
- The situation began in the afternoon, initiating a ticking clock.