The USAAF dropped 3,089,916 500lb bombs vs Germany.
Other bomb size numbers, http://www.usaaf.net/digest/t138.htm

British bomb tonnage, http://www.lancaster-archive.com/bc_stats2.htm

I read they put sand and hay on top of it. The hay caught fire and landed on surrounding roofs causing some damage...

Who would put hay on an explosive device about to go off...

A half ton of highly pressed hay dampens the Explosion blast, it's common practice when you blow them up with a semptex razor.

Nevertheless intresting Bomb they found, i'v never heard of an US 500lbs General Purpose Bomb with an No. 37 Long Delay Tail pistol which was normally used by Bomber Command.
Now the explosion makes sense with those No.37 Pistol and their Anti handling device, because normally when you blew the Bomb shell open with an Shaped charge it makes not such a big "boom"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fdI7NY28KQ

im not offended the other guy who started the thread i linked to is offended..

I was wondering about all the cinders raining down from the smoke cloud. So, hay, eh?

Some pictures after the event:

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/...engt-1.1452853

Even a metal grating was bent through the explosion.

Some shops burnt down, many windows smashed. Experts for buildings now examine the houses in terms of stability before their inhabitants can return to their homes.

I just wonder why they did not use water soaked hay.

In Oranienburg (Germany) 2 other bombs were today disarmed.

On of them (an american partly detonated bomb) had to be brought to explosion.

And there are still 350 bombs left.

http://www.rbb-online.de/brandenburg...830_bombe.html

americans starting war everywhere (with out having a declaration of war mind you) and harassing and killing the natives....and you only thought it happened to brown people....




all i know is if a foreign country put bombs here i would be out for blood....

if iwas germany i would be engaged in legal action against the united states....and i would be planning violent action as well...american bombs going off in germany thats crazy....and why the americans should be held accountable....

if the same thing was happening in the united states right now the foolish americans would be crying and war mongering....I know they would cuz i am one, and i live among them...the foolishness of the people is not matched in another comparable society....

the federal govt is the real terrorist...after all its there bombs going off all over the world....

???, I think your a bit confused my friend, or maybe you haven't taken your medication today.
We are talking about WWII unexploded ordnance from 70 years ago, not something recent. Even so, Germany started the war so any blame lies with their government at the time, and there is still German ordnance found in the UK from time to time, as I'm sure there is in many other places in Europe, as they were bombing and shelling the hell out of it long before the Americans ever got there. I have no doubt there is also live British ordnance found in Europe as we were bombing it long before the Americans as well. So lets all start suing each other shall we? or maybe we should start WWIII over unexploded ordnance!

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thats nothing....
last week a WWII bomb exploded in vienna right in the danube.nobody had a glue it even existed.
when it exploded, i was about 500meters away at a friends house on the balcony.the whole 5story building was shaking, but no damage fortunately...
this could have had a bitter ending as well, as in this erea, the danube is pretty populated with merchant ships and also touristic ones. besides it was a sunny day, and many people went out to seize the nice weather before autumn comes....somebody even made a photo of the explosion and a water fountain rising about 20meters above the water surface...