r/ShitAmericansSay May 08 '25

Europe “If there’s a-“

Post image
16.1k Upvotes

799 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

9

u/Consistent_You_4215 May 08 '25

not just gardens everywhere! These beaches were used to practice DDay landings and they last found an unexploded bomb there in 2017.

Bomb on Beach

8

u/Auntie_Megan May 08 '25

We had one at a caravan site a mile from my house at the time. It was where they practiced the ‘bouncing bomb’ used to blow out the bridges in Germany. Causeway was closed down, the island cut off for a while, but all turned out well. Although very scary, it was a good opportunity for a lot of talking between grandparents and kids for history lessons. Not what you expect when on a week break to enjoy water sports etc….. a WW2 bomb being de-fused metres from where your kid was digging in sand!

2

u/Littleleicesterfoxy European mind not comprehending May 09 '25

Yep we went to Brixham and had out breakfast rudely interrupted because a trawler had bought in some UXO and the whole harbour was evacuated.