World War II unfolded on so many fronts and left behind so many remnants that are still showing up today.
Russian war relic hunters have been lucky enough to find, near Saint Petersburg, half-buried the remains of a German Junkers Ju-88A-4 bomber, a variant with extra wingspan and an improved launch system of bombs. Let us remember that that place was the scene of one of the largest and most brutal battles of the Second World War, with more than 1.6 million fallen combatants and more than one million dead civilians. A Russian YouTube channel published yesterday the video of the discovery:
You can see some screenshots of the video below. Here one of the crew seats:
One of the wings, and on it the crankshaft of one of the engines.
One of the two engines Junkers Jumo 211J V12.
Part of the fuselage of the bomber.
For those of you who don't know the Ju-88, this was this German bomber.
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