Plymouth bomb: Thousands back home after WW2 device detonated
More than 10,000 people had to move out of the area around Keyham as a convoy of military vehicles carried away the unexploded device.
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More than 10,000 people had to move out of the area around Keyham as a convoy of military vehicles carried away the unexploded device.
Residents who refused to leave their homes despite the threat of an unexploded Nazi bomb have been told they must evacuate as the army begins a highly dangerous mission.
A map shows the hair-raising journey a military convoy will take as it transports a fully intact Second World War bomb through the streets of Plymouth today.
Hundreds of offices, shops and houses are being cleared in one of Britain's largest peacetime evacuations.
A map of Plymouth detailed the hair-raising journey for a military convoy tasked with transporting a fully intact Second World War bomb. But people commented that it looked very rude.