# WWII Tall Boy Bomb explodes

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**Created:** [October 14, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wwii-tall-boy-bomb-explodes/328384 "2020-10-14T03:35:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wwii-tall-boy-bomb-explodes/328384/1 "2020-10-14T03:35:03Z")

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There were some earlier stories explaining the situation and the plans to defuse the bomb by burning off the explosive at a lower temp than that which causes detonation. Unfortunately they have been updated to reflect that it went off… 🙃

> **[Video shows biggest WWII bomb found in Poland exploding while being defused](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/video-shows-biggest-wwii-bomb-found-poland-exploding-while-being-n1243257)**
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> More than 750 people had been evacuated from the area near the town of Swinoujscie where the Tallboy bomb used by Britain's Royal Air Force was found.

> **[Watch: Huge WW2 bomb detonates underwater during Polish navy operation](https://www.euronews.com/2020/10/14/polish-navy-bid-to-defuse-one-of-wwii-s-largest-bombs-near-baltic-coast)**
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> The bomb — nicknamed "Tallboy" and capable of causing a small earthquake — was dropped by the British in 1945.

> **[World War II giant Tallboy bomb explodes during neutralisation near...](https://www.firstpost.com/world/world-war-ii-giant-tallboy-bomb-explodes-during-neutralisation-near-swinoujscie-in-poland-no-injuries-8910271.html)**
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> The Tallboy bomb was designed by British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis and was used by the Royal Air Force to destroy large Nazi-controlled objects through underground shocks

> **[Tallboy (bomb)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tallboy_(bomb))**
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> Tallboy or Bomb, Medium Capacity, 12,000 lb was an earthquake bomb developed by the British aeronautical engineer Barnes Wallis and used by the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War.\[a\]
> At 5 long tons (5.1 t), it could be carried only by a modified model of the Avro Lancaster heavy bomber. It proved to be effective against large, fortified structures where conventional bombing had proved ineffective.
> Wallis presented his ideas for a 10-ton bomb in his 1941 paper "A Note on a Method ...

Here’s a couple of older versions that survived.

> **[Polish Navy Dive Team Disables Giant 12,000 Pound WWII Bomb](https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/polish-navy-dive-team-disables-giant-12-000-pound-bomb)**
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> A team of Polish divers has begun the challenging task of disabling a 12,000-pound British Tallboy b...

> **[Divers attempt to defuse WWII "earthquake bomb" off Poland](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/divers-defuse-tallboy-world-war-ii-earthquake-bomb-poland/)**
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> Dropped in 1945 in an attack on a Nazi warship, the bomb is 19 feet long and has 2.4 tons of explosives.

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**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 10:29am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wwii-tall-boy-bomb-explodes/328384/2 "2020-10-14T10:29:12Z")

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Wow!!!

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**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wwii-tall-boy-bomb-explodes/328384/3 "2020-10-14T11:40:24Z")

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I wonder how many boats just casually floated past a 2.4-tonne undefused tallboy

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**Author:** ![stevejspins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@stevejspins](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/stevejspins)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/wwii-tall-boy-bomb-explodes/328384/4 "2020-10-14T11:55:37Z")

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I always feel bad for marine life. Bomb tests in the ocean must be horrible for ocean mammals.