Most Powerful Non-Nuclear Explosion in History
Do you know about most powerful Non-Nuclear explosion in history of mankind? Well let me tell you about this. In 1947, everyone knew about the remote island of Heligoland, in the North Sea, when the British Royal Navy detonated an immense arsenal of Nazi munitions there.
Today, the German archipelago of Heligoland, located only about 50 kilometers from the coast of the country, is a small and peaceful tourist destination that even lacks cars, as they are prohibited by local regulations, but its strategic location in the The North Sea and the historical events turned it in 1947 into the scene of an outburst of infernal force.
That year, everyone knew about the existence of Heligoland after British engineers conducted the most powerful non-nuclear explosion in human history.
Before the 'Big Bang'
The archipelago consists of two small islands where just over 1,200 people now live, but its strategically important location turned it into medieval times first into a pirate base and, later, into a refuge for smugglers.
At the beginning of the 19th century, Heligoland was occupied by the United Kingdom, after which a modern spa was built on the site. At the end of the century, after the Treaty of Heligoland-Zanzibar, the archipelago was returned to Germany, which soon installed a military base.
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During the Second World War, the German Army built an extensive network of tunnels and bunkers there, as well as warehouses for weapons and ammunition, fortifications, artillery posts and shelters for submarines.
After the defeat of Nazi Germany, the allies decided to destroy their 'legacy' and many other German ammunitions were then taken to the island, making Heligoland a gigantic warehouse of weapons.
The end of the military stage of the island
From the impressive Helgoland arsenal a 'pump' with an estimated power of 6,800 tons of trilite emerged. The sources mention a sum of 9,000 underwater bombs, 4,000 torpedo warheads and 91,000 grenades of different sizes.
And all that explosive material was detonated by the British Royal Navy on April 18, 1947, generating a characteristic 'fungus' of smoke, ash and black sand several kilometers high. The seismic activity generated by the explosion was recorded thousands of kilometers away.
On March 1, 1952, Heligoland was returned to Germany. Their former inhabitants [who are ethnically Frisian and speak, along with the German, a distinct variety of the Frisian language] began to return to the island, where practically nothing remained, apart from the craters of the explosions.
Now the area is again a tourist center, and the ruins of its fortifications attract not only vacationers, but also history buffs.
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