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Finding bombs from WW2 is not unusual in German cities such as Cologne and Berlin, but these bombs were particularly large. Reuters Many of the city's usually bustling streets were eerily deserted ...
BERLIN — Some 20,500 people were evacuated on Wednesday from the city of Cologne, in western Germany, as explosives experts prepared to defuse three unexploded World War II bombs found during ...
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The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs.
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Dating to 1940s. After World War II ended in 1945, the base was mainly abandoned but continued to operate for a while. In 1949, the city purchased 2,400 acres of the former airfield property from ...
Three U.S. World War II bombs found in Cologne defused after prompting the evacuation of 20,000 residents and the closure of hospitals, businesses and transportation routes.