¿Os he contado lo de que Coventry fue una ciudad sacrificada en la guerra? Como era la primera industria automovilística del país, se convirtió en blanco objetivo de los alemanes, que bombardearon Coventry allá por 1940. Lo "gracioso" es que Churchill sabía que pasaría porque habían descifrado una clave o no-sé-qué historia, pero no quiso evacuar la ciudad para que los alemanes no se enterasen de que habían descubierto ese código. Total, que sacaron a unos cuantos chiquillos, y dejaron que la ciudad explotase. De la catedral solo quedan los muros de fuera y la torre (no tiene techo); aparte hay unas cuantas casas que se mantuvieron, pero el resto desapareció.
¿Y a qué viene esto? Pues es que resulta que esta semana ha pasado algo relacionado: os cuento -bueno, no, es muy largo, os lo resumo (¿habéis visto la Princesa Prometida? XD): pues resulta que están de obras en un hotel en el centro, y a consecuencia de ello el miércoles encontraron una bomba que había caído durante la segunda guerra mundial y que nunca llegó a explotar.
Os copio lo que dijo la BBC:
"A controlled explosion has been carried out on a World War II bomb found in Coventry city centre.
The bomb was discovered on Wednesday morning by construction workers at the site of a new hotel.
Police set up a 500m exclusion zone as a precaution and offices, flats, hotels and a theatre were evacuated.
Cordons were lifted after the device, found at the Belgrade Plaza development in Upper Well Street, was made safe just after 0240 GMT.
About 140 people had to spend the night in rest centres set up by the council at Queens Road Baptist church and St Peter's Church in Hillfields.
The cordons had been put in place around Upper Wells Street, Corporation Street and Lamb Street.
The ring road was also affected.
Car park operators have said they will not charge people who were forced to abandon their vehicles overnight.
The exclusion zone also meant the Coventry Evening Telegraph offices and Belgrade Theatre were evacuated. "
Establecieron un cordón de seguridad y explotaron la bomba!!!! (y yo entretanto estudiando alemán en casa T.T)
¿Y a qué viene esto? Pues es que resulta que esta semana ha pasado algo relacionado: os cuento -bueno, no, es muy largo, os lo resumo (¿habéis visto la Princesa Prometida? XD): pues resulta que están de obras en un hotel en el centro, y a consecuencia de ello el miércoles encontraron una bomba que había caído durante la segunda guerra mundial y que nunca llegó a explotar.
Os copio lo que dijo la BBC:
"A controlled explosion has been carried out on a World War II bomb found in Coventry city centre.
The bomb was discovered on Wednesday morning by construction workers at the site of a new hotel.
Police set up a 500m exclusion zone as a precaution and offices, flats, hotels and a theatre were evacuated.
Cordons were lifted after the device, found at the Belgrade Plaza development in Upper Well Street, was made safe just after 0240 GMT.
About 140 people had to spend the night in rest centres set up by the council at Queens Road Baptist church and St Peter's Church in Hillfields.
The cordons had been put in place around Upper Wells Street, Corporation Street and Lamb Street.
The ring road was also affected.
Car park operators have said they will not charge people who were forced to abandon their vehicles overnight.
The exclusion zone also meant the Coventry Evening Telegraph offices and Belgrade Theatre were evacuated. "
Establecieron un cordón de seguridad y explotaron la bomba!!!! (y yo entretanto estudiando alemán en casa T.T)
