The menace of the 'Parachute Mine'

19th September 1940: A devastating new weapon becomes a particular hazard for civilians in Britain

A German parachute mine lies in a London garden on the 19th September, 1940. Luckily for many, this one didn’t detonate and was successfully defused.

A new weapon now made its appearance in the war, targeting civilians in Britain. Naval mines dropped by parachute had already been dropped inland by mistake but they were now being used deliberately. They …