Rusting WWII Ammunition in the Baltic Sea: A Toxic Time Bomb Europe Ignored for Decades

Off the coast of Boltenhagen, Germany, Dirk Schoenen descends beneath the waves to confront a hidden menace left by World War II: vast piles of rusting ammunition littering the Baltic Sea floor. What started as a convenient post-war disposal has turned into a ticking environmental time bomb, threatening European waters with toxic pollution and potential explosions more than 80 years later.Why Is This Old War Material a New Threat to Europe—and America?The US-led Allied powers deliberately dumped approximately 1.6 million tons of German ordnance into the Baltic and North Seas after WWII, aiming to neutralize any future German military threat....