JuzoItami t1_iu5ynxh wrote on October 28, 2022 at 8:14 PM

Reply to comment by DaveOJ12 in TIL about Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk. He was responsible for rescuing a team of French nuclear scientists and the entire world stockpile of heavy water from France during WW2. He also served as part of an unexploded bomb detachment, successfully tackling 34 unexploded bombs by SteO153

There was a great British TV series about forty years back called Danger UXB ("UXB" was the abbreviation for "unexploded bomb") about the guys who defused bombs in London during The Blitz. Worth seeking out

snow_michael t1_iu69k4l wrote on October 28, 2022 at 9:31 PM

It was so well written and acted, but massively understated the danger that these men faced on a weekly - even daily - basis