Salt Lake Telegram | 1946-12-31 | Page 2 | Britain to Destroy Helgoland by Big Explosion

Britain to Destroy Helgoland By Big Explosion HAMBURG, Germany, Dec 31 UWA British naval officer said Tuesday ths great German Island fortress of Helgoland would be blown up about March 81 In a blast he aald would be "the nearest rival to the atomic bomb." The 13 miles of tunnels In ths fortress will be crammed with naval depth chargee and blown to oblivion in one "big bang," ths officer aald. Helgoland, once a British colony which waa ceded to Germany In 1886 in exchange for Zanzibar, was developed by the Germane Into one of the most powerful naval fortresses for-tresses in the world, dominating the eastern half of ths North sea and posing a constant threat to Britain. Ths British occupied ths Island in May, 1945.