beyond the 750 mph (1,210 km/h) free-fall impact velocity of the 5-tonne Tallboy "earthquake" bomb for comparable purposes. The Disney could penetrate 16 ft...
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Świnoujście after the largest ever unexploded World War II bomb in Poland, a Tallboy bomb, was discovered in the Baltic Sea shipping canal, with the bomb detonating...
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Allied raid succeeded in wrecking the interior of the Watten bunker with a Tallboy bomb that brought down part of the roof. Finally, on 18 July 1944, Hitler...
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adding a third 4000 lb section and should not be confused with the 12,000lb Tallboy ground-penetrating "earthquake" bomb. The 4000-lb high-capacity design...
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bases, which were impervious to Allied bombing until mid-1944 when the Tallboy bomb became available. From early July, U-boats returned to the new French...
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year. One of the largest individual pieces ever found was an unexploded 'Tallboy' bomb uncovered in the Sorpe Dam in 1958. In 2011, a 1,800 kg (4,000 lb)...
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