Three World War bombs have been caught in the largest evacuation of German cities since the end of the war
Three unexploded U.S. bombs were laid off in Cologne on Wednesday after the largest evacuation of German cities since the end of the war.
The bomb was unearthed on Monday in preparations for road construction. Urban authorities said the unexploded ordnance was two U.S. 20-ton bombs and one U.S. 10-ton bomb, each with a shock.
More than 20,000 residents were evacuated from downtown Wednesday. Manchester City authorities said in a statement that experts weakened the bomb in about an hour.
Even 80 years after the end of the war, unexploded bombs were dropped during wartime air strikes, often found in Germany. Sometimes, large-scale preventive evacuation is required. This time the location is unusually prominent – just opposite the historical center of Cologne.
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In other German cities, larger evacuations have occurred.
The evacuation includes houses, 58 hotels, nine schools, a hospital and two nursing homes, several museums and office buildings, and the Mess/Deutz train station. It also includes three bridges across the Rhine River, including the heavily used Hornzoler Railway Bridge leading to Cologne’s Central Station. Transportation on the Rhine was also suspended.
Manchester City authorities said the removal of the chopping bomb was delayed because a man at the historic center initially refused to leave his home.
The bombs of World War II were found in the battlefields and cities that took place decades later. March, World War II bombs Discovered Tracks near the station on the north side of the Paris Avenue. In February, more than 170 bombs Established Near the children’s playground in northern England. In October 2024, World War II bombs explode At a Japanese airport.
