Flying Squid@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agoMichelangelo's statue of David encased in bricks to prevent bomb damage, WWIIlemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1350arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1346arrow-down1imageMichelangelo's statue of David encased in bricks to prevent bomb damage, WWIIlemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-26 months agomessage-square23fedilinkfile-text
Edit: Someone sent this to me, but I found a source discussing it. https://greg.org/archive/2018/02/22/brickelangelo.html
minus-squareLizlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoIf the bomb hit close enough to directly damage the bricks, it was gonna damage the statue anyway. This is for when a bomb hit close enough to and debris flying towards the statue, so that the bricks take the damage instead.
If the bomb hit close enough to directly damage the bricks, it was gonna damage the statue anyway. This is for when a bomb hit close enough to and debris flying towards the statue, so that the bricks take the damage instead.