(ANSA) – SAN CASCIANO VAL DI PESA (FLORENCE), 21 FEB – Other finds of bombs by the German Army in retreat in July 1944 during the Second World War were at a construction site of the San Casciano Val di Pesa aqueduct ( Florence). The bomb squads of the Railway Engineers Regiment of Castel Maggiore (Bologna), after similar interventions on 11 and 17 February at the same point, at houses in via Scopeti, this morning extracted a ‘Tellermine 35’ anti-tank mine and a 15 grenade from the ground. cm both of German manufacture. According to one hypothesis, the dislocation in the subsoil of these devices, as well as of the artillery projectile found the previous time, was not accidental or due to abandonment, but almost certainly due to the construction of a barricade that would obstruct the advance of the allied war vehicles towards Florence. In particular, according to a technique, the mine removed today and an artillery shot found on 17 February last, were used together with the explosive to increase the power of the detonation and consequently the extent of the interruption of the march of the enemy vehicles with the logic of the barricade. This morning is the third intervention similar to the exit of the town of San Casciano Val di Pesa in the same excavation where there are works for the aqueduct. The removed devices were taken to a nearby quarry in Chianti and made to shine. In the post-war period, the commitment to clearing the roads was noteworthy, but evidently some bombs have remained covered in the ground so far. The intervention was carried out by a Cmd (Conventional Munition Disposal) unit of the Italian Army Railway Engineers, in competition with the prefecture, arranged by the Northern Operational Forces Command of Padua. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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