Europe's Unexploded Bomb Problem

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[@balsakovacevic8423]

I remember when my class went on a graduation trip to Italy and France , we went through Bosnia and stopped at a gas station to get some rest. The manager of the station came outside and nonchalantly said "By the way, there are mines behind the station, so don't wander off." He had a completely straight poker face because he said it a million times before and it shows.

[@sohopedeco]

Up to today, if someone ever said that to me, I would think it waere a joke.

[@farishodzic1973]

@@sohopedeco belive me there are mines everywhere that when you live in Bosnia

[@hula9234]

Deep so sad so deep awww poor people just trying to life get blown up n yer not cool makes me sad thinking about x

[@youssefkandeel3667]

@@hula9234 wut

[@Marcongo]

Heard that a lot growing up and visiting relatives. We actually even hear one go off in the distance once, probably because the forests are still very populated by bears, wolves, hogs, foxes and other animals. But the animals weren't our concern, just the mines. "Don't wander off too far honey, there are mines in that forest!" "Ok Mama!"

[@David-ro2nr]

In Germany it is like very very common to have a bomb disarmed and people evacuated in your area

[@aviralsaxena4173]

Lol

[@funkyflames7430]

Aviral Laughing so hard dude. People have to evacuate for their safety when a bomb is discovered. DAMN BRO, FUNNIEST COMMENT OF ALL TIME! GIVE THIS LAD A BEER!

[@davrosdarlek7058]

How often has it happened to you?

[@izayaorihara7059]

Davros Darlek For me ca. 3 times.

[@jorritoudhof2768]

Same in the Netherlands. Thanks Fritz.

[@Feuerbluete]

Basically everyone living in Germany at least knows someone who has been affected by a bomb evacuation. It's seen as pretty normal and nothing unusual here, just another thing. And I think that's saying a lot.

[@manfrevanderland9333]

My mom was once evacuated and went to the theater lol

[@muhschaf]

@happy gekko should? it is.

[@Genius_at_Work]

Some Family of mine lives in a very small Village (less than 200 Citizens) which is littered with unexploded Bombs. Usually Villages were gunned by low-flying Attacks that shot at everything that moved instead of bombed. But that Village was used to drop off surplus Bombs because its Topography made it a good Target Practice.

[@ryan_n05]

I’ve heard that the evacuations are especially common in cities like Köln, Frankfurt Am Main, and Freiburg.

[@muhschaf]

@@ryan_n05 yeah, quite. But it changed over the years. Every old (pre 1945) industrial area is affected. Habors also. Many area didn't get a bomb search beforehand during rebuilt, it is different today, in some areas a bomb search is mandatory before construction. so many factorys today get a nasty surprise if they renovated their old buildings today, because the removal is their problem. This is even true for citizens if something found on their property. Several thousand Euro is pretty expensive.

[@joelantun]

I'm spanish. One day, I and my family found a bomb while we were in snow, in Aragón

[@hermenegildoc3933]

The zone of Loporzano is horrible

[@kaiserwaffle7896]

Geez is that legit or is that a joke?

[@AGIMP1]

*my family and I*

[@thatoneportuguese6843]

Spanish civil war happens Portugal: just watching

[@nat8695]

@@AGIMP1 okay.

[@Adam-zf3bv]

so land mines are the literal version of "I curse you and your kids and their kids."

[@clementtompel7558]

basically, yeah

[@TheAvsouto]

Germany drops 30k tons of bombs in the UK *UK calls his big brothers* *allies enter the chat*

[@nton8057]

That and nuclear fallout.

[@LuckyFlanker13]

The modern salting of the earth.

[@MegaBrokenstar]

“And my own people if we actually win this war because we will control this territory”

[@krisselissan6539]

My first thought was “Yeah duh there’s unexploded bombs everywhere here, what’s the big deal” and then I realised that people in the US probably don’t know this

[@ix3frusciante]

Ikr, last year I had an American exchange student in my course, he told us that he had to leave his apartment because of a bomb diffusal and was very scared and the very confused that we were all so chill about it.

[@qwlnskay]

it’s almost like we didn’t get bombed to oblivion

[@TheBfutgreg]

Very fortunate the American Civil War happened as long ago as it did, there's been no real domestic conflict since

[@danieldeburgh8437]

Not in Ireland either. I had no idea this was such an issue

[@erikad0511]

Yea man, I never put any thought into this European reality, its crazy. We just sometimes find an old cannonball

[@CancerGaming56]

USA: We have countless memorials dedicated to the memory of those who served in WWII Western Europe: *Wanna know where you can find some bombs?* Eastern Europe: YOU GET A TANK STATUE! YOU GET A TANK STATUE! EVERYONE GETS A TANK STATUE!

[@sammykaiser3455]

tank statues are the superior form of war memorial

[@fadjan9998]

YeetusД Feetus Sounds familiar to a certain Oversimplified video I’m sorry

[@fortune3911]

This enraged his father. Who punished him severely

[@RaphaelLafera]

I like the Company pf Heroes Vibes xD

[@CancerGaming56]

@@fadjan9998 Wasn’t specifically referencing him, but yeah, I know the video you talking about.

[@Chrischi4598]

For me as German it’s nothing special anymore to hear that there’s a bomb disposal...

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

The media doesn't even cover it anymore. It's like bank robberies in the USA or minor earthquakes in Chile and Japan.

[@humanelemon115]

Literally the same in Hungary

[@FM-hw8yv]

Almost every month at least once

[@freeautoinsurance365]

for me as a middle eastern its nothing special anymore to hear that theres a bomb being aimed directly at my house

[@Chrischi4598]

@@freeautoinsurance365 LOL that made me laugh ^^ While we wonders if the bomb is Russian, American or British you probably wonder who is aiming. :D

[@MisterBrickFilms]

I'm a French archaeologist; we're actually educated about the procedure in case of unexploded ordinance. Those of us who work in the Northeastern region are also trained to differentiate the many types of explosive weapons used by each side during WWI.

[@alilabeebalkoka]

What about all the bombs from World War Two years?

[@coreymicallef365]

@@alilabeebalkoka I imagine there's a much denser concentration of WW1 weapons, as the front lines where they were deployed were far more static so all of the ordnance were concentrated in a smaller area, rather than being spread out over the large areas bombing raids, or a large WW2 offensive would cover.

[@Roi8Arachnide]

@@alilabeebalkoka During the invasion of France, far fewer bombs and shells were dropped because it lasted only a few months. Most bombings in France took place during the liberation when the Allies bombed infrastructure and German defences in Normandy. So that's where there is the most unexploded ordinance from WW2, but it's not comparable to the shelling that took place in WW1 anyhow.

[@caijones156]

@@arvedludwig3584 since ww1 gas was heavier than air and have distinct colour I presume that they aren't told anything or are just told "Green air bad" or whatever that is in french

[@mathattaque]

Cai Jones Gaz vert pas cool

[@bencebiro6742]

Of course these are in the news, but when you hear it as a European: "Local authorities found an unexploded shell.. they evacuated the area until.." "Yeah.. so there is nothing in the TV. Let's watch KZbin." Almost like owning a gun in America.

[@Manie230]

Bence Biró yeah it’s just so common that you don’t even flinch when they say it.

[@MatthewBaka]

German media: Two children died from an exploding landmine. Germans: Again? American media: Two children died from a school shooting. Americans: Again?

[@floflo1645]

@@MatthewBaka landmines was not used as much in Germany like Bosnia. You saw the data for France, 630 people died from leftover bombs in a century while Bosnia has three times more victims in 30 years. It would make more sense to compare school shootings to terrorist attacks, they roughly have the same emotional impact and they are always in the news

[@farishodzic1973]

@@floflo1645 as a bosnian I can tell you that is true.

[@mav598]

@@MatthewBaka in Germany the problem is bombs that didn't explode and went into the ground. They are found during construction work. You don't randomly walk into them

[@derwolf200]

*People in other countries:* "Oh god, they found a bomb, I am so scared, what if it explodes?" *Me, a German, literally last week:* "Oh no, they found a bomb and thus closed the road, now I have to take a 10km detour and risk wasting my time in traffic jam. Dammit."

[@suesutherland9782]

Hope you had your covid mask on.

[@thatnnoob6109]

That’s what happens when you lose 2 world wars I guess. I’m not trying to insult you I’m just making a funny statement.

[@arvid7562]

"People in other countries: pussies Me, as a german: cool"

[@abhishekjain3148]

@@thatnnoob6109 ..i think it would be less insulting if u were insulting.

[@fordmustnagisbestcarath5046]

*Me, an Israeli* : oh no, the air raids are back again, guess i wont visit my aunt this week, atleast ill be able to find the missile wreckage after i exit the bunker and add it to my already large missile collection

[@nicholaswalsh4462]

Europe in 1914: Let's have a war. Europe in 1939: Let's have a war. Europe now: Those might have been bad ideas.

[@bruhsoundeffect2882]

Also Europe now: third times a charm?

[@CancerGaming56]

Funny thing is, most people in Europe wanted their country to join WWI. Not so much WWII though.

[@finboror]

Russia and Ukraine: naaaaaaah

[@herrakaarme]

@@bruhsoundeffect2882 No, it's the USA right now that seems to be on the brink of a civil war. I don't see any interest in Europe for a war.

[@thisismyusername7282]

Herra Käärme as an American I don’t think it’s on the brink of a civil war, but tensions between the conservatives and liberals are rising, but it’s mostly just petty arguments

[@theusa4052]

2120: Middle Eastern unexploded bomb problem

[@FOLIPE]

2020: middle east's exploding bomb problem.

[@trilojag101]

Middle East’s exploding men problem lollol

[@meowster101]

Fun fact mines are useless in the middle east because any rain would just immediately sweep them away

[@promeneuzivotu117]

@@meowster101 just like on DMZ.

[@pyrl8772]

That's already a thing in the kurdish region

[@3Speedboy]

"It would be as if all of Michigan was an active minefield" Ohio State fans: It's not?

[@gavdaddy617]

Most underrated comment I've read

[@that_pac123]

ceo of relevant midwestern sports references

[@miniuniverse5070]

It is not, but it is for them

[@User-wh1mh]

@HMQ-Ohio State and Michigan is a major collegiate rivalry.

[@agbeyenumadison6224]

I am an Ohioan and I approve this message.

[@andreasstrauss5194]

Here in Germany where i live the allies have bombed the motorways and so on recently they startet to resurface the asphalt and found lots of unexploded bombs. Just imagine thousands of cars and Trucks drove over that bit of the motorway its a miracle they didnt explode while the normal traffic runs accross it

[@user-ft3jq5vi2l]

I'm not german, but I went to a foreign german school. One of the teachers said a white phosforus bomb had to be disarmed at his town once. Good thing it didn't just turn everything into a fireball upon contact with air.

[@thejoulesproject9853]

Just imagine a family driving around going to visit her grandma and boom! Welcome to Michael Bay show.

[@FM-hw8yv]

Almost everytime when they build around at the railway stations you hear about that. In my town on a single construction site they found around 30 bombs soooo.

[@sagichdirdochnicht4653]

@@user-ft3jq5vi2l I am German and well, bombs are still found regulary. Usually (but not exclusively) on construction sites. I life in Augsburg and on Christmas, two or three years ago, we were also in an evacuation zone. There was some kind of construction site and they once again found a bomb. We were in the end of the evacuation site, so IF something would have happened, our building would propably be still ok, but the windows propably would have shattered, all of them. Good thing is: Those are some pretty highly trained dudes handling those bombs. They know what they are doing. Wich is why usually nothing at all happens. In the absolute worst case the bomb can not be deactivated and/or moved without high risk of detonation. Rare, but happens. In that case they shield the thing as good as possible with a lot of water and let blow up in a controlled way. Wich would inside a town like mine 100% lead to broken windows, but nothing to major. In our case everything went as planned, it was deactivated and brought away rather quickly and at least that bomb is out of the way. On the other hand, there are propably still a load of undetonated bombs in my Town alone, since it got pretty heavily bombed back then. I wouldn't be suprised, if there was a bomb underground just a few meters away. Thank god, they don't blow up "for no reason". They didn't blow, when they were thrown off the planes and are now coated pretty good, so as long as they are underground, they shouldn't really do anything.

[@kekistanihelpdesk8508]

Germans drive so fast they float just above the tarmac.

[@claudio5859]

My grandmothers sister died by an unexploded bomb when she was 7 because she and her brother had been playing with it. R.I.P her 😔

[@cardboardheadguy7814]

Why were they playing with it

[@lancegideondiokno1774]

@@cardboardheadguy7814 they are children they don't know how dangerous they are

[@ehanoldaccount5893]

@@cardboardheadguy7814 bruh

[@BPSR_1922]

😦

[@moon_raven0495]

D:

[@Venjirai]

05:25 10% of 1.35 million is not 13,500

[@SoupOrSalad]

Venjirai lol yea caught that too it’s 135,000

[@desire_002]

Venjirai I was about to comment that

[@mcwatcher7790]

maffs

[@CookieGal-]

@@mcwatcher7790 Speeling

[@KillerPiplup]

Yeah in other videos he messes up percentages. You'd think he would learn by now since top comments are people correcting him and teaching him how to do percentages

[@KuyaBJLaurente]

Re: Bosnian landmines Bosnian authorities were able to map those landmines, but 2014 flooding there moved many of those landmines, thus messing up the tracking team and deeming their map useless.

[@farishodzic1973]

I live in Bosnia and its unfortunatly true that we have many landmines. Also floods often hide them and they're hard to locate...

[@TheLegoboss]

Salvador Laurente Jr Yeah it set the progress back a lot and now it will take even longer to clear all the landmines.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

@@TheLegoboss At least there's an effort. Some countries just hope for the best

[@calvinnyala9580]

Better if the floods just, sweep all the minefields into the sea, right?

[@williammagoffin9324]

@@calvinnyala9580 Then you have mines potentially washing up on a beach somewhere. Which is already a problem due to the extensive use of sea mines in some areas of the world.

[@deerose3268]

War ends: Everybody: phew Land mines: I would like to introduce myself.

[@thejoulesproject9853]

Landmines: Hellooo!

[@Akyomi777]

@@thejoulesproject9853 hello mine turtle

[@forstaken2254]

Allow *US* to introduce ourselves

[@thatoneportuguese6843]

Imagine how Many mines and bombs are in the jungles of vietnam

[@ThomasFrauendorfer]

Wasn't the Vietnam War the time for Agent Orange and Napalm?

[@1989TS..]

*laughs in USAF*

[@jrezecordero7943]

@@ThomasFrauendorfer and tens of thousands of bombs edit: curtisy of USAF

[@jjcoola998]

Actually in a per square mile sense Cambodia is crazier from the pseudo secret bombings

[@Justinian506]

@@ThomasFrauendorfer yes but traditional bombs were still used

[@mewosh_]

A few years ago a town next to me was renovating a bridge and they found a bomb from 1st world war. People were crossing this bridge for 80 years don't knowing about bomb under them. And this isn't even in any of the places you pointed as places with lot of bombs (southern Poland).

[@DeutschlandMapping]

South Eastern Poland or Silesia?

[@a.t.l.r.8969]

@@DeutschlandMapping I mean either way poland was invaded

[@nikki607]

Last October they found one right next to the main street. City centre, most people who live here went by it like daily (northern Italy)

[@houdinimagician1794]

Yo I’m also from Poland (but I live in New York) Greetings from New York, Brother!

[@kateplay91]

I'm surprised that he didn't marked any country from central Europe. Even we hear that building metro in Warsaw is being postponed because they found some bomb from ww2. In central Europe so much stuff happened, it's so amazing to be in the middle of every deadly event that took place

[@akatoshslayer7599]

When my father was stationed in Germany his company found out they were setting up their satcom relay on undetonated ordinance for the last decade. Apparently the only non muddy spot on a hill is not muddy for a reason.

[@lucasvandekerkhove3769]

The red became known in France as "zone rouge" Well yeah, that's how you say "red zone" in French

[@FantasKanal]

Watching this video as a german and hearn "1K people evacuated in London" and I think... wow thats little, is that even noteworthy? Also depends on where you live. Cities have been bigger targets, and I bet Dresden is one of the places that has to deal with the most bombs, but if you live in a major german city at some point in you life you'll prbably be evacuated.

[@cratarata2278]

Well to be fair we did drop so many more bombs in German cities compared to the amount you dropped on us

[@KarlKarpfen]

So few and it's somehow a bit weird for me to see finding faulty ammunition presented as something unusual here. In Berlin it's quite normal to hear something between a few times a year and a few times per month that someone has found yet another bomb from the second world war.

[@FM-hw8yv]

The entirety of the Ruhrgebiet is literally asphalted by bombs

[@rebelgaming1.5.14]

@@KarlKarpfen Poor Berlin. As an American I can't imagine what it must feel like living in a city that was almost completely rebuilt after the war, with thousands of tons of ordinance buried beneath it. It might be a normal occurance in Europe, but not over here. I hope to one day visit my ancestral homeland, and see how it is. You never get a good feel of the place through pictures, it never shows the ugly things buried just underneath. Heil Deutchsland, Mein Deutch Freund.

[@rebelgaming1.5.14]

@Polandball Dresden was a moral wrong on the side of the Allies. The Incindiaries they used caused a firestorm that consumed the city, and much of it's citizens with it. Dresden and Berlin were the cities most affected by the war in Germany.

[@radianzero]

Europe: *In lockdown and misery* Bombs around the continent: _"My mango is to blow up, And act like I don't know nobody."_

[@carlosandleon]

Mango*

[@Trash_prince]

My mango*

[@osiand9328]

Harharharharharhar

[@luamint]

HEYEEYAAYAYAYE

[@MortyMortyMorty]

MANGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@alexwang7502]

Imagine fighting in ww2 and surviving only to be blown up by a unexploded bomb 10 years later

[@thesage1096]

imagine fighting in ww2 to defend your unborn child and country only to have his unborn child die in an Unexploded munition once dropped by your allies, 3 decades and 6,000 miles away.

[@Crushonius]

5:16 10 percent of 1.35 million is 135 000 AND NOT 13 500

[@prodigyvoltzz5286]

was just about to say this ahah quick maths

[@tma240cass]

Ok no one cares

[@Fruitsmymainispomgranates]

Ues

[@---jw8mg]

@@tma240cass then why watch the video in the first place?

[@mahonefamilyvlogs5150]

@@tma240cass bruh rude

[@randomotter6346]

In Portsmouth where the new Elizabeth class aircraft carriers are being built, they had to make the harbour deeper. The dredging boats found lots of unexploded bombs as Portsmouth was a big naval port in WW2.

[@astodon]

There is also a very big problem with chemical weapons in Baltic Sea. Phosphorus and other chemicals can sometimes be found on beaches.

[@thomasfrederiksendk]

Not to mention the post-war ammo dumping around eg. Bornholm. Fishermen land mustard gas shells and bombs there fairly regularly.

[@BigSupremePacHamster]

It’s the same in the Irish Sea because of how many old U boats were scuttled there and how many munitions were dumped there.

[@Lucifer666Est]

Hmm I didn't know that.. Estonian here

[@fpsPS3gamer1234]

I believe you are mistaken. Or at least in that the phosphorus problem in the baltic sea is predominantly caused by its large scale usage in agriculture, particularly by poland, russia, and denmark. I haven’t exactly heard of a huge chemical weapons problem on the beaches, however I am aware that the baltic sea was used as a dumping ground for chemical weapons after the first world war, which is suspected to have contributed to the large ”dead area” in the middle of the baltic sea. Maybe you have some more information on the matter?

[@Kennorx]

@@fpsPS3gamer1234 Different kind of phosphorous. The phosphorous you are referring to is a compound in fertilizer. The one referred to as ca chemical weapon is indeed white phosphorous or another type of phosphorousbomb. And yes it is a problem. A massive one. That phosphorous of the bombs is not soluble so it washes onto the shore as little chunks looking a lot like ember. The issue is that it is only stable as long as it is wet. If you pick it up and it dries out it starts to burn. At 1300°C and if you try to put it out with water you just create phosphoric acid which burns you even more. There are accidents every few years. There are many articles about it but as a start i suggest looking up project daimon.

[@mastermindd]

In Hungary, many ww2 bombs are found every month.

[@fionnmoules7620]

coderHUN I’d imagine this was from when you Hungarians tried to hold off the soviets

[@Midaspl]

@MachiniDong -Cubic Castles- yeah, not so long ago 4 sappers were killed in Poland, when trying to defuse unexploded bomb :/

[@oliverracz8092]

@@fionnmoules7620 They are mostly from WW II and not all are soviet bombs... But that's true that after Allies bombed Budapest to the ground soviets occupied our country.

[@mastermindd]

@@fionnmoules7620 Most bombs may be in Budapest & greater towns, in Transdanubia (in the area between Budapest and Velence&Balaton lakes), at the Balaton lake & southwest Hungary. Germans had two goals: to secure hungarian oil & establish a buffer zone to protect Vienna.

[@mastermindd]

​@@fionnmoules7620 And yes, most bombshells are from soviet weapons... Allies bombed Hungary too, however (until soviets came) Hungary was not carpet bombed as much as Germany was.

[@Lukas-kc6zp]

In my old hometown "germersheim" in Germany a ww1 gas bomb was found in an underground bunker system everyone had to be evacuated and the whole tunnel system had to be destroyed

[@DukeDukeGo]

I live in Germany near Mainz and Frankfurt. I've never been evacuated for a controlled explosion but I hear about evacuations in the region at least 3 times a year over the radio

[@sstoi]

I used to play with an unexploded misle that I found in the garden of my grandparents when I was a child, it was a big one. My grandpa burried the bomb in the ground 10 years ago and after some years he died and we didn't know anymore where it was burried. Last year my grandma had build something (can't quite remember what) and when the workers dig they were petrified to find a misle there. The whole village was stopped that day until the authorities dealt with it.

[@nerdomatic2489]

Imagine engaging in a war with a nation and initiating raids, only to find out that a child was playing with one of the undetonated projectiles. Scary, man.

[@asifsiddique455]

Andrei Stoian r/thathappened

[@asifsiddique455]

The high ground You are telling me when he was a child he played with an “big missile” and how does a child find a missile in the garden without their parents finding out about it

[@arditsahiti6933]

Asif Siddique its possible if you live in former Yugoslavia or better say was possible till 2004-2006

[@sstoi]

@@asifsiddique455 the misle was kept by my grandpa, he knew about it, I just happend to found it where he put it and play with it. My mom found me playing with it and told my grandpa to get rid of it and that's why he had to burry the misle. The garden was huge and full of agricultural crops so it took some time for them to find me playing with something like that.

[@foolroblox3231]

Germany: bombs UK Allies: 1000x revenge

[@anyways4438]

Germany: occupies France The British, Muricans and Soviets: 1000x revenge

[@Xune2000]

Start shit, get hit.

[@sticc3978]

Ask japan lool

[@sirarthur873]

yeah, those maniacs

[@Wanderer628]

@happy gekko Germany flattened Polish towns and completely annihilated Rotterdam through aerial bombing, they started it and had no right to complain about the British retaliating in kind. They sowed the wind and they reaped the whirlwind. Think about it for a second.

[@yazui.i.9368]

I like how the comment section has a lot of German comments about this topic -Basically our Luftwaffe didn´t exist

[@davidwarren719]

By the time the war got to Germany, the Luftwaffe had been outclassed.

[@jjcoola998]

It’s like trying to destroy the civilized world twice in a generation backfired on the average citizen

[@Justinian506]

10s of thousands of allied aircrew died bombing Germany but that didn't stop most of em

[@InventorZahran]

Moral of the story: WARS ARE BAD FOR EVERYONE!

[@palestinianisfreeforever2554]

No

[@jonah9905]

@@palestinianisfreeforever2554 ?

[@Zetsuke4]

War lead to a lot of social technological advancement

[@GurpreetSingh-es1cn]

@@palestinianisfreeforever2554 how many of your friends and family have died in conflict ??

[@palestinianisfreeforever2554]

@@GurpreetSingh-es1cn I'm living in Lebanon

[@SciFactsYT118]

Random fact: Nutella was invented during WWII, when hazelnuts were mixed into chocolate to extend chocolate rations.

[@flashstar1234]

SciFactsYT Brilliant

[@emadgholam9370]

Thank god for WW2 than amirite?

[@ilmappatoresarnese7653]

That's not true! Nutella was first produced in 1964.

[@jl86_]

That's one delicious fact, though I wonder how much has it changed since WW2

[@CashisWalkthroughs]

as well as Fanta (german product) due to US sanction of Coca Cola export

[@ismashedzach3303]

“Enemy is being reinforced with an airship”

[@matteozanoni9139]

Wersitile GMD thomad ahahah battlefield 1 reference

[@constitude2578]

That one dude carpet bombing the map in a ilya meromets

[@Vincent-pd9vo]

DUNDUN DUNDUNDUNDUN

[@vanguard616]

They have taken objective Butter

[@CBRN-115]

@@vanguard616 ah you beat me to it

[@salt-shin]

In my city (Ancona) we actually discovered a huge bomb, many had to move for a day, Including me and my family, they woke us at 5:30 AM with an alarm, it wasn't scary, just a special event, after that nothing else happened

[@rcv0]

When was that? I lived in Piane, a town not far away from Ancona for about 2.5 months in 2016. Also i rather senigallia beach than falconara lol the water is more far away

[@beng1767]

Grew up in London and remember a few times when we all had to stay inside where we were because they found unexploded German bombs down the road.

[@muscovymapping8896]

Well, now I know what is happening in April. EVERY FRICKING BOMB IN EUROPE is gonna blow up at the same time.

[@johntaylor8463]

2020 be like that

[@englandcountryhuman8588]

Living in London this idea scares the hell out of me.

[@---mx7lc]

England Countryhuman At times I wonder if there’s one near my house. I have a worry at it could go off at night or something.

[@Jellygamer0]

@@englandcountryhuman8588 Honestly, I don't think you can make London or the UK in general much worse...

[@choppership465]

they didnt

[@guigui70051]

2:50 "zone rouge" simply means "red area" . You said the red area became known as red area 😂

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

Or it's known as Zone Rouge in English.

[@Sam-ui1ll]

Became known as "Zone Rouge" outside of France as well I think is what he was implying.

[@alabama100]

Zone rouge sounds more badass

[@mushmush4980]

The name's ironically awesome translated or untranslated in English vocabulary anyways

[@mr.zimbel3164]

At first I was confused when you mentioned RAF bombs, because in Germany the acronym RAF is most commonly associated with the Rote Armee Fraktion, a communist terrorist group, not the Royal Airforce

[@skorrip]

ok.

[@englandcountryhuman8588]

I haven’t heard of the Rote Armee Frakinton can you tell me about it if you don’t mind?

[@wanderer10k]

@@englandcountryhuman8588 Red Army Faction. 70s Terrorist group also know as the Balder Meinholf Gang.

[@victorcapel2755]

@@wanderer10k Didn't they blow up the West German embassy in Stockholm in the late 70s? Edit: Yes they did, they occupied it, demanded that West Germany released a bunch of prisoners from RAF and then blew it up. It was in 1975.

[@Openbaarmaker]

When there's a shell in an American classroom, the teacher'll say: 'My grandmother used to work in an armsfactory during the war' But when there's a shell in a European classroom, the teacher'll say: 'I found it in my backyard, while planting a tree a couple of years ago' (True story)

[@SuperThons]

Yep, I used to play in the tranches in France and there were definitely areas that were off limits because they were still dangerous. What makes me sad though is that the people that dig up shells sometimes dig up human bones and leave them there. You are supposed to take them to the authorities so they can be buried

[@forestmanzpedia]

This is real. I read in my local German newspaper a woman in the town just a skip away from where I live found a bomb in her front garden while gardening. Everyone in her neighbourhood was evacuated.

[@sohopedeco]

The title sounds like a clickbait for an unexpected huge problem, metaphorically compared to a bomb. The last thing I imagined this video to be about were literal bombs.

[@MrBcardinal35]

This problem is DA BOMB (GONE SEXUAL)

[@nikki607]

American I guess? Bomb removals are pretty common in Europe, they tell you as early as grade school

[@sohopedeco]

@@nikki607 Brazilian

[@alessandropaleologo1534]

In Italy it's quite common to find old american/english bombs in the middle of the historical centre during excavation works. Another huge "supplier" was Austria: around the Piave river they find lots and lots of WW1 bombs and grenades.

[@yoyohehe2034]

There are mine warning sings few hundered meters away from my grandpa's house. It's actually a bigger problem than you'd think for European people...

[@untilnow581]

I guess that hunting Easter eggs isn’t really popular in Europe

[@stefanfl1200]

it still is, but we don't dig too deep

[@nikki607]

Actually is. But like... you prolly won't find an unexploded bomb in your garden, since it's been dug up during construction. Unless you live in a 100+year old house, ofc

[@mentos93]

@@nikki607 they also wont explode at the first touch. Happend many times a excavator finds it and accidentally scrapes it.

[@mentos93]

@@nikki607 well allot of houses are from the 1930's here so maybe you can find one in the garden. But chances are slim.

[@martinsriber7760]

In many European countries such tradition doesn't exist. In mine we whip women with willow branches instead...

[@mathew6629]

Everybody: talking about Germany and their bombs Bosnia that has less mines but a bigger problem than Germany: Am i a joke to you?

[@fordmustnagisbestcarath5046]

middle east: cute

[@andrewsucksatvideos4482]

Iraq, Syria, Israel, Yemen Amateurs

[@fordmustnagisbestcarath5046]

@@andrewsucksatvideos4482 true. i live in israel and in my small town there was a large number of bombs that landed here. i even found one and took it home with me now its in my front yard

[@Quercu_K]

I live in Poland, not too far from the place where Tiger II tanks were used on the Eastern front for the first time. I remember how in school we'd sometimes be given presentations on how to react in case of finding unexploded ordnance (how to recognize it, how to mark the spot, who to call, etc.). It doesn't seem to be as much of a problem nowadays as it used to be just 10 years ago, but to this day, articles of people finding some shells still pop up on the local news. Personally, all I've ever found was a 20mm bullet (I think. I was young and my mom took it away :c) and a bunch of empty rifle ammo cases.

[@olliejobson6371]

I remember having dinner with my fam on Saturday two years ago in HK, throughout the dinner, police cars kept flooding into one of the districts. Turns out they found a bomb undetonated from the Japanese empire. It was actually such a jarring thought that the Second World War still affects us to this day.

[@twodumbcats390]

"Darker scars across France that reminds us of darker times" Like the French occupying France.

[@imRiiisq]

Two Dumb Cats ??

[@maxwellhudson438]

it was because hungary was in the axis and in result, A L L I E D B O M B S AND L A N D M I N E S

[@uhh-8445]

@@maxwellhudson438 what does Hungary have to do with this

[@mr.grenade9497]

I remember going to Bosnia and Herzegovina with my family a few years ago when I was just a wee lad. I dont exactly remember what year was it but I still remember seeing house walls littered with bullet holes and such. We stopped only once during the trip and that was because I needed to pee. Before I left the car dad told me not to wander too far from the road or I might find a landmine. Never have I ever had a more stressful piss in my entire life!

[@nothingoriginal8461]

I live in the region of Belgium where the front was in WW1. When I was in primary school (I was around 8 or so) I remember getting some lessons about the kind of bombs we still had underground and how to recognize them in case we ever found one while playing outside. Kind of macabre if you think about it

[@bensmith3028]

it’s actually amazing how even if the ad is irrelevant to the video you still manage fit it in without changing the subject. it’s a rare talent.

[@Charlie-et4td]

Yea, I live in the south of England in the heart of the South downs, and I've come across a lot of old war relics and some shells. It's cool to see, but a bit nerve-racking.

[@danielsandford2328]

Me too, I found some WW1 shells in Kingly Vale, north of Chichester, sadly lost them now, but pretty cool 🇬🇧

[@khoiduongminh5111]

Vietnam: Hold my American bombs

[@ruthswann88]

The US actually dropped more bombs on Laos than in Vietnam and Cambodia combined, so there might be even more there.

[@alfonzom6]

@@ruthswann88 ah yes, like every 15 minutes no?

[@lessthanamillionsubscommun5845]

Switzerland: *laughs in neutral*

[@herrakaarme]

Switzerland actually did get bombed. Sweden would be a much better example.

[@lessthanamillionsubscommun5845]

Herra Käärme That’s interesting, I didn’t know that. In which war did they get bombed in? (I’d like to do some research, it sounds interesting)

[@somethinglikethat2176]

@@lessthanamillionsubscommun5845 WW2. Maybe it was a mistake, maybe it was aimed at some Swiss factories involved in supplying the Third Reich, maybe it was a little bit of both, who knows?

[@lazer2541]

@@lessthanamillionsubscommun5845 The US bombed Switzerland in WW2 because they did some mistake were the bombs should be dropped and thought that they were bombing germany

[@arx3516]

Switzerland TRIES to be neutral, but they're right in the center of Europe, so they'll be involved in every major conflict in the region, wether they like it or not.

[@AunknownMan]

I live in a big city in Germany, and every year they found about 50 bombs since 1945!

[@nulious]

I was Stationed in Germany for 2 years in the early 90s. every time we had to dig for repairs or construction there was at least one unexploded bomb found.

[@Manie230]

nulious that’s just normal. I bet there are some bombs sleeping underneath my home town right now.

[@isabellascorner3442]

@@Manie230 Wow that's sounds horrible here in America its very rare to find that sort of stuff

[@serduncan6933]

@@isabellascorner3442 It is more of a nuisance. It sucks when you are traveling and they have to stop or reroute your train

[@Nono-dk5hl]

@@isabellascorner3442 sound horrible, but tbh, most of them arent even able to explode right now. And even if they can the probabilities are so stupidly low. We have more things to worry about than stupid mines that just kill 3.7k, which is still a shame but more people die from cancer, or car crashes etc

[@isabellascorner3442]

@@Nono-dk5hl 3.7k is still alot..

[@18nakedcowboysintheshowers69]

I’m German and when I was a child, I found one of those in our garden while playing. My parents called the police and the bomb squad arrived shortly after and put our block on lockdown. Since then, I have been affected by at least 7 different evacuations and lockdowns due to unexploded bombs. Fun times

[@StYxXx]

Yeah, bomb disposal is pretty common in Germany. Just last week there was one in my city. Before constructing new buildings the ground is often searched for old bombs. Even a century later we still have to spend money on these stupid wars. About landmines: That's why most civilized countries banned them years ago. Except for the US of course: it's easy to use them when you're only having wars far from your own soil. War is fun if you don't have to care about the consqeuences for your own children.

[@a-drewg1716]

@Ori Windsor all is fair in love and war. Also mines aren't "banned" but instead heavily regulated. With mines fields needing to be marked, have the ability to self detonate when they are not needed, or easily located and removed after the war is over.

[@drunkensailor5771]

@@a-drewg1716 "all is fair in love and war" no it fucking isn't, ever heard of the Geneva convention

[@a-drewg1716]

​@@drunkensailor5771 oh no the big scar piece of paper signed 91 years ago stops me from using weapons that would give me a greater tactical advantage in this war. Mate no convention or paper can stop anyone from using certain weapons. Maybe in a small conflict like what the US has been fighting for half a century, but no large scale global conflict. Sure I hope countries would follow these "laws" but you know they wont.

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

You are wise. Soon, unfortunately for my fellow American countrymen, after the US Tyranny's planned for war with Iran, the American people will face the same treatment by the US Tyranny much as the rest world has for the last nearly 80 years.

[@Rytoast99]

@@k.chriscaldwell4141 dog what tf are you talking about 😂😂

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Spanish Civil War? I didn’t expect that on the list. I guess nobody expects the Spanish Civil War

[@aidanbryanquilloy2879]

Bruh I see you everywhere.

[@unknown-kp2hn]

Thank you Kim

[@xcrazyghostx9566]

I feel as people sometimes just forget how horrible war is. War is something so disastrous and so destructive we should do everything in our power to avoid it. People just sometimes don’t process the scenarios and the echos war leaves.

[@IlikeTrainsguy100]

Cyprus also has tonnes of land mines still active. I remember visiting a few years ago and literally just driving along the main roads connecting the towns you could see signs warning about the area being a minefield every 5 minutes I looked out the window. I went for a walk along one of the trails the country has and the first thing I saw as I entered the trail, was a sign saying not to stray off the path AT ALL because there were unexplored mines everywhere! It was insane.

[@JustAPolishAmerican]

10:19 Actual text: Brilliant. Voice: *BRILLIANCE.*

[@MsonNL]

A few months ago we relayed a part of our railworks in The Netherlands and it was supposed to take four days. We found six WW2 bombs and the project was delayed with two weeks.

[@sunnyjim1355]

😢

[@cartigreasyass9951]

Europe: Has many unexploded bombs Laos: Am I a joke to you?

[@ElVanitos]

yes

[@HibikiKano]

On and around the Slovenian Italian border there are still millions of grandes and shells from WW1's soška/isonzo front. Almost each summer you can still hear some of them blow up especially if there is a forest fire.

[@banisan2035]

I'm German and I remember being taught in elementary school to always be careful where I walk outside of my small town. Just last year, sirens went off and people in my town were forbidden from exiting their houses until the bomb that caused the alarm was safely retrieved. It's a weirdly normal thing here.

[@megaloblabber2948]

Why does RLL always use that German train platform clip at "Potsdamer Platz" at 0:48 ? I've seen it so much its embedded in my head, I cant stop thinking about it when I'm going to sleep. This isn't a joke

[@bangscutter]

Maybe the producer have actually travelled there and made that video himself, so he can keep using it again since it belongs to him. Rather than go through the trouble of finding and asking for permission from other video sources.

[@roguebanana9112]

@@bangscutter very likely

[@jrezecordero7943]

its cheap stock footage

[@dodoontherocks]

In kiel (north Germany) we have a bomb defusing every other week it's no big deal.

[@Luxalpa]

I wouldn't say it's no big deal. I find it a big annoyance (here in Berlin anyway).

[@dodoontherocks]

@@Luxalpa yes it is annoying if you have to get evacuated.

[@IndieOctopus]

My grandmother remembered the blitz well, she lived in a cave for some of the blitz and vividly remembered seeing rows and rows of shoes left outside bombed out buildings for people to identify their loved ones. The war affected her her whole life, she would always keep lots of food and nessecites in the house and this was passed on to my mother. War is a scar for generations

[@n0k3hilari0us3]

I'm from Bosnia and I can remember going as a child with my father on the mountain, and we somehow Idk spotted the string of the mine (this area was supposed to be clear, no mines at all). We came back called the cops and later on the deminers cleared it.

[@amethystgamer852]

5:20 10% of 1.35mil is 135,000 not 13,500

[@judestine1431]

Amethyst Gamer even worse

[@amethystgamer852]

@@judestine1431 ?

[@reptile_loki]

I bet if they fought with Toyota Corrollas they wouldn't have this many bombs

[@marcokwan1377]

But then they might get corolla virus

[@Karevamari]

drop corollas not bombs

[@cathalmccourt1659]

Marco kwan this should not be as funny as it is

[@6uiti]

I've beaten mercedes in my corolla

[@aidanw9378]

Bosnia is my favourite country in the world, as a Canadian traveler. This is so sad.

[@jandrixcubal8095]

The German state of Brandenburg still holds a law that before building ANYTHING you have to scan the ground for unfound warheads. Add to that that most of the firemen in the state fear clearing out forest fires because of the huge amount hidden in the state. (estimates go up to 600,000 unfound shells) I can also tell that the city of Oranienburg north of Berlin has some roads that are limited to 30km/h maximum because these areas were not scanned yet and higher speeds could detonate the bombs.

[@lovro.karaula6625]

I am from Croatia and my uncle and his friend were walking in a forest and his friend stepped on a landmine. He lost his leg and my uncle's brain rattled in his skull. So yeah, it really is a problem.

[@mazdmiat7023]

Jesu dobro sad

[@KingSabaton]

My relatives lived near the croatian border in hungary. It was pretty common to hear explosions due to wildlife triggering mines

[@mazdmiat7023]

@@KingSabaton yea but they demined almost all the mines in croatia only lika is left but bosnia and Hercegovina is problem know

[@lovro.karaula6625]

@@mazdmiat7023 tek sad komentar vidim. to se dogodilo dok su jos djeca bili jer je u blizini (kroz sumu) bio srusen jna zrakoplov kod kojeg su cesto isli. i dogodilo se sto se dogodilo, ali danas je sve u redu i oboje su zivi

[@KingSabaton]

@@mazdmiat7023 that's nice to hear!

[@Rishi123456789]

Afghanistan: It's like I don't even exist to you people.

[@lourencovieira313]

Wow Afghanistan truly is my fav EUROPEAN country lol

[@off_Planet]

Oh believe me, all the Afghani in our countries make it hard to forget this backwards part of the world exists.

[@thetman1097]

There’s more in europe.

[@tw3ist]

​@johnny cash So you support killing innocent people do ? Moron.

[@Skelig]

@@tw3ist don't reply to morons

[@AESVIII]

“This is a map of Europe showing the highest concentration of bombs” Me: thats not to bad A couple seconds later: WOAH

[@iDeathMaximuMII]

It’s honestly crazy to think that in 50 years, those bombs could still be there & if someone was to die from them They’d be killed by something that was made between 1914-1945

[@qwarzatarz7440]

First world problems sometimes aren't actually first world problems lol

[@3User]

Ironic

[@MABfan11]

sometimes, first world problems are first world war problems

[@lostcause3720]

I'd like to see a video of Vietnams mine and bomb fields. Yes, Vietnam also suffered a similar fate with war

[@3User]

Every nation that has had a war on it's soil has to deal with mines

[@petfama4211]

This is why you shouldn’t go outside. Self-quarantine!!

[@georgecaplin9075]

“…always children and civilians.” So, civilians then.

[@NeoArashi]

Zone rouge literally means “Red zone” or “red area”

[@kekistanihelpdesk8508]

EVERY ONE KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS

[@ribljikeksic]

@@kekistanihelpdesk8508 I didn't

[@amiacat5321]

@@ribljikeksic i didn't

[@Demolishorx]

Yup, I live in a small town in Germany, and we find bombs every year that get you evacuated. Although sometimes it meant school is over early lol.

[@mrmalver3655]

Another sad fact: in WW2 during the Tunisia campaign (november 1942-may1943), the Western Allies and axis powers fought on Tunisian soil and dropped tens of thousands of bombs each other, to this day , average people discover a hidden bomb every 1 or 2 months, some kids in rural ares died because they thought it's just a toy when they'd discovered the bomb.

[@HOTPLATEGAMING]

Laos: Hold my beer (Most bombed country on the planet)

[@hissukka6619]

r u from laos

[@1293ST]

Ne Stresemann Straße gibts auch echt überall in Deutschland...

[@helenasteiner8305]

In der schweiz in mitholz hats ein 2.weltkrieg bunker in 1947 ist der bunker explodiert und jetzt in 2020 droht wieder eine explosion

[@mayrln]

i reckon there are.

[@Joshuaaa245]

Yo no sé de qué están hablando

[@p_Lama_q]

Ich war auch auf einer Stresemann Schule

[@krisselissan6539]

Helena Steiner da haben sie vor kurzem auch das ganze dorf evakuiert, oder

[@Vanillepanda]

In my hometown they found a bomb under our former hangoutspot. Imagine drinking with your friends in front of a campfire while a bomb sleeps underneath you

[@swat_fan6364]

Some random German just chilling: “why did I just get 10 xp?”

[@ThePaciorr]

I once found an artillery shell with my father in a forest in Poland. The other time we even found unshot bullets. They were packed and maybe even able to still use.

[@hashar9593]

i've been living with this knowledge my whole life there's probably like 3 unexploded bombs in my town that can explode right now - welcome to the life of a polish person

[@kasimirkleinhuckelkoten795]

Thats not Poland specific, i have been affected by 7 bomb defusions in my hometown in germany. And as Poland is plagued by ww2 bombs and not landmines, its highly unlikely that they will go off. (I mean, they didnt go off in 80 years, why would they now). Really the only ones endangered are defusing teams and construction workers. The last lethal accident in germany was 2010 with 3 dead. And germany is bigger and more populous than poland, and suffered more from bombings during ww2. WW2 bombs cause little damage even to the most affected countries.

[@hashar9593]

@@kasimirkleinhuckelkoten795 well i agree but the bombs did explode here. 2 bombs in total, im 1977 and 2003

[@coreebian5718]

@@kasimirkleinhuckelkoten795 ofc they go off 80 years later. Especially time fuze bombs. And they are set to go off due to agin within the next few decades or so.

[@shecky3165]

I have a Croatian mine danger sign hung up on my wall, most likely stolen by clearers who were looking for trophies to bring back home.

[@Lapantouflemagic0]

A relatively new past-time i heard of is junk magnet fishing, which is exactly what it sounds like. it's fun and neat to see, but every now and then you end up pulling an old bomb out of the water. Suffices to say, the city office is not pleased.

[@aryanswonderworld3256]

6:12 I was on a trip to Germany and heard the new about the bomb in Frankfurt, I was living near the airport and downtown Frankfurt was just a few kilometers away from where I lived, it was a Saturday and had plans for boat ride, but it was cancelled as it was in the river it self

[@re_me]

Europe: **overwhelmed by the pandemic situation** RealLifeLore: hey you still have one *BIG* problem after that.

[@3User]

This isn't a big problem, UXO is common in europe

[@skillfailer]

@Max Xgame I live close to koblenz, and even here its not a big thing there was been a few defusals in my area last year, but even then its not a big thing for my every day life

[@Aplesedjr]

Max Xgame several tens of thousands of unexploded explosives isn’t a big problem? I think an even bigger issue than the bombs is that you all think this is perfectly fine.

[@Kath2378]

@@Aplesedjr We're just used to it. I was evacuated once as they found a bomb in a construction site probably less than 100 metres away from my home. They found the thing on a Wednesday or Thursday I think, stopped construction, removal was on Saturday. We all knew there was a bomb there for a couple days, I think you could even see it from the street. We didn't really care that much. The most annoying thing was that on Saturday they sent police cars with speakers through the streets really early from around 6am on, to "remind" people to leave for the removal, waking us all up. They really could have done that like 2 hours later. It's not really a big deal, the experts removing the bombs have a lot of experience, it's extremely unlikely one actually blows up, especially uncontrolled. The worst thing is when there are retirement homes or hospitals in the area that has to be evacuated, as it's a high logistical effort for all involved.

[@olgahein4384]

@@Aplesedjr It isn't a big deal. In Germany most of those bombs aren't really active anymore. And everyone who might have to dig in the ground for some reason is instructed on how to proceed. Our bomb specialists are pretty well trained too (and, well: They have tons of experience). Here where I live, I have never been evacuated. But I got late to work about 3 or 4 times because they found a bomb in the city center (in the south-west, one of the fewer big cities but got completely bombed into dust. Except the church.). Only one of them was still active. Oh, and that one time I couldn't go to work because a gas pipe exploded next to the building where I worked at. People weren't sure what it was, so everyone was there, police, ambulance, firefighters, bomb squad, the company responsible for maintaining the building, the construction company, insurance company, etc, etc. Actually, it happened more often that I got my internet connection cut completely cause at a construction site they made sure there are no bombs in the ground but forgot to check for those internet connection lines that are all underground in Germany. Imagine, first week of Corona quarentine completely without internet, phone or tv cause they cut the main line on monday morning at 8am.

[@daandanx]

0:34 Even longer than the Krakatoa explosion? Over 310 dB? Incredible!

[@Juanthar]

Daan, dit is een gezegde

[@whateveridcaboutthisaccount]

Hello. I know nobody will probably see this but I'll still write it. I live in Bosnia. Was born here, raised here and I (at the moment) am living here. Theese land mines are seriously a big issue here. I remember each year, our teachers make is watch a video of what to do and who to call if we see a land mine somewhere. Everytime I go on a trip to the mountains, forests etc. I'd see an abnormal amount of signs of caution for land mines. At this point, it is normal to be honest. It's sad what that war did to us and what it left behind to harm us. People are still dying, even though the war is over. Many people lost limbs, family members. Many kids left without a parent or parents, many parents without their kids. Its tragic honestly. My mom lost her friend in the war. She never told me how but its still tragic. Her parents always told me mother how similar she looked to her friend. Its upsetting.

[@Ironarcher13]

Thank you for sharing this, the bloody nature of war and its aftermath is something no people should have to go through, especially one that so deeply scars the earth and divides the people in a nation.