How hidden WW2 bombs across the Pacific are found and destroyed, 80 years after war

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How hidden WW2 bombs across the Pacific are found and destroyed, 80 years after war

Teams in the Marshall Islands, which is littered with unexploded weapons from the second world war, uncover and detonate potentially deadly devicesThe Marshall Islands is a nation of atolls – hundreds of small islands carpeted in coconut palms and pandanus trees. While these atolls in the Pacific Ocean are a picture of tropical beauty, they are also home to explosive remnants of war.Eight decades after the guns fell silent, munitions left by the…