How are WW1 or WW2 era bombs still regularly found in gardens and houses around UK and Europe?

Question

The day after or week after these were dropped 60-100 years ago, did people not think, there’s a bomb over there we should make it safe.

Edit: I singled out the UK because they discovered a bomb from World War Two today in Plymouth. I know the UK is still in Europe.

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Answer 1

You might be underestimating the scale and primitive nature of warfare (by modern standards) in WW1 and 2. Also, lots of the bombings took place at night and weren’t exactly targeted. And at the start of WW2 (don’t even bother with WW1) around 1/3 of UK homes didn’t have electricity. And, in many respects, the UK was ahead of Europe at this time.

So if you’ve ever been in the countryside at night and turn off the lights, you might get an idea how impossible it is to locate things.