DESTRUCTION OF HELIGOLAND
PLAN TO BLOW UP ISLAND (N.Z. Press Association —Copyright) LONDON, June 17. “The German island of Heligoland, which is honeycombed with many miles of fortifications and rimmed with reinforced concrete, will be blown up within three months,” says the correspondent of the Associated Press at Cuxhaven, quoting a Royal Navy officer, who said that nothing but a pile of rocks would remain. The officer added that several hundred tons of high explosive would be used, probably in one great blast. The island would not completely disappear, because it was situated in comparatively shallow water, but the remnants wo did never again be fit for human habitation. “The destruction of Heligoland will hit the Germans where it hurts most,” he said.
The officer disclosed that there was strong opposition to blowing, up the island from British ornithologists, who feared the damaging effect on migratory birds, which use the island as a starting point for their southward flights. “I assure them that when we are finished it will be a most wonderful bird sanctuary—nothing but a pile of rocks,” he added.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24905, 19 June 1946, Page 8
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182DESTRUCTION OF HELIGOLAND Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24905, 19 June 1946, Page 8
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