Even 80 years after the end of the war, unexploded bombs dropped during wartime air raids are frequently found in Germany. US bombs from World War II that were unearthed earlier this week were found. Even 80 years after the end of the war, unexploded bombs dropped during wartime air raids are frequently found in Germany
A WWII bomb found in Cologne in 2024. Pic/By Special Arrangement
More than 20,000 residents were being evacuated from part of Cologne’s city centre on Wednesday as specialists prepared to defuse three unexploded US bombs from World War II that were unearthed earlier this week. Even 80 years after the end of the war, unexploded bombs dropped during wartime air raids are frequently found in Germany.
Disposing of them sometimes entails large-scale precautionary evacuations such as the one on Wednesday, though the location this time was unusually prominent and this is Cologne’s biggest evacuation since 1945. There have been bigger evacuations in other cities.
Authorities on Wednesday morning started evacuating about 20,500 residents from an area within a 1000-meter radius of the bombs, which were discovered on Monday during preparatory work for road construction. They were found in the Deutz district, just across the Rhine River from Cologne’s historic centre.
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