They are warning local beachcombers to collect amber in tins, saying pieces of phosphorus dropped in incendiary bombs by the Allies in World War Two still wash up. White phosphorus burns at 1,300 ...

Set to detonate about an hour to a week after impact, a bomb dropped in the later stages of World War II didn't explode for ... combusted after yellow phosphorus inside it came in contact with ...

It was used in the 20 th century in tracer bullets, fire bombs, and smoke grenades. The scattering of phosphorus fire bombs over cities in World War II caused widespread death and destruction. In July ...

Ukraine has accused Russia of attacking the besieged city of Bakhmut with phosphorus munitions. In drone footage released by Ukraine's military, Bakhmut can be seen ablaze as what appears to be ...

Russia's foreign ministry said on Wednesday (December 18) that Ukraine had repeatedly dropped white phosphorus munitions from drones in September. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria ...