Shell abuse
On the 80th commemoration of the Normandy landings, Robin des Bois publishes its 9th inventory of discoveries and blasting of unexploded ordnance after the wars.
Shell abuse
On the 80th commemoration of the Normandy landings, Robin des Bois publishes its 9th inventory of discoveries and blasting of unexploded ordnance after the wars.
Inventory of the discoveries and destructions of war remains from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2023 in Normandy
On the 80th commemoration of the Normandy landings, Robin des Bois publishes its 9th inventory of discoveries and blasting of unexploded ordnance after the wars.
In pyrotechnic jargon, these UXO (Unexploded Ordnance) are also known as “duds”. Fortunately, these countless duds have prevented the loss of human life and additional ruin during wars. But today, 80 years after the Allied landings in Normandy, they continue to endanger civilians and explosive ordnance disposal teams alike, and pollute soil, and surface, groundwater, and marine water. Operation Overlord became Operation Overdose. This 9th inventory covers the 5 departments of Normandy, the foreshore (i.e. the part of the coastline between the highest and lowest tides), the Bay of Seine, and the Channel Sea.
80 years later, they are killing and polluting
In Normandy, there are at least 60 expressions for different shades of rain. Since D-Day, there has been a 61st one: “bomb rain”. Robin des Bois’ 9th inventory of the discoveries of bombs and other munitions in France and Germany is dedicated to Normandy, a considerable task and a mission that will last several centuries and will surely never end. On 6 June 2024, all heads of State should formally declare war on all bombing.
