Date in year · 1947 · The 1940s
On April 18, 1947, the Operation Big Bang, the largest non-nuclear man-made explosion to that time, destroys bunkers and military installations on the North Sea island of Heligoland, Germany. Moses Blah, Jerzy Stuhr, James Woods would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · April 18, 1947
Operation Big Bang or British Bang was the explosive destruction of bunkers and other military installations on the island of Heligoland. m. on 18 April 1947 by the Royal Navy.
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1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1947th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 947th year of the 2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade.
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1947 destruction of bunkers on Heligoland
Operation Big Bang or British Bang was the explosive destruction of bunkers and other military installations on the island of Heligoland. m. on 18 April 1947 by the Royal Navy.
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