Flying Squid@lemmy.world to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-27 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-27 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-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 months agoWouldn’t a bomb hitting close enough just make the bricks likely to collapse onto the statue and cause damage? 🤔
minus-squareLizlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·7 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.
Wouldn’t a bomb hitting close enough just make the bricks likely to collapse onto the statue and cause damage? 🤔
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.