Recovery and Detonation of 76 WWII Bombs in Lake Garda Complete

The recovery and destruction of the 76 World War II-era bombs lying at the bottom of Lake Garda in Lugana has been definitively completed. This decontamination operation was carefully planned and carried out with significant military and technical resources, which on multiple occasions, during the two days of work (Tuesday and yesterday), managed to restrict traffic along the state road, even if only for a few minutes. Forty bombs were retrieved in the first session and 36 in the second, all at a depth of 7 to 8 meters, and transported to a nearby field where pits over two meters deep had been dug. Inside these pits, four bombs were lowered, covered with sandbags and earth. Then, using a slow-burning fuse, the explosive mechanism was triggered, which was amplified with the placement of tritol soap bars in front of each bomb. A series of 10 blasts was triggered on the first day, and 9 the following day. At 10:30 a.m., Captain Franco Giandinoto of the Carabinieri company of Desenzano, who oversaw all phases of the operation at every step, officially declared that the entire operation was complete.