Exeter WW2 bomb Archives - East Devon News

The World War Two bombs found in Exeter. Main image courtesy of the Ministry of Defence. Inset: Exeter City Council

Buildings suffer structural damage after controlled explosion of 1,000kg Nazi ‘Hermann bomb’ in Exeter

By East Devon Reporter28th February 2021

The detonation of a 1,000kg Nazi ‘Hermann bomb’ unearthed in Exeter has caused structural damage to some nearby buildings, police have revealed. Thousands of evacuated residents…

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UPDATE: Residents told not to return home yet after Exeter WW2 bomb blast leaves crater ‘the size of a double-decker bus’

By East Devon Reporter27th February 2021

Evacuated Exeter residents have been told not to return home this evening (Saturday, February 27) after the controlled explosion of a World War Two bomb. The…