Fortifications on Helgoland are blasted

Development of a smoke cloud in the first second of the blasting of the fortifications on Helgoland on the 18th of April in 1947 at 1 p.m. A British air raid destroyed the village of Helgoland completely on the 18th of April in 1945. After World War II the population was expelled from the island, which was occupied by the British and destroyed by blastings. The island was given back on the 1st of March in 1952 at midnight, which was celebrated with a ceremony. Photo: dpa Photo: dpa

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1950er 50er Grossbritannien Historisch Landschaft Militar Politik Qualm Rauch Sprengen Sprengung Zerstorungen

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