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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed Jun 4, 2025, 03:07 PM Wednesday

Cologne starts its biggest evacuation since 1945 to defuse WWII bombs

COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — More than 20,000 residents were being evacuated from part of Cologne’s city center on Wednesday as specialists prepared to defuse three unexploded U.S. 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 1,000-meter (3,280-foot) 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 center.

https://apnews.com/article/germany-cologne-wartime-bombs-evacuation-wwii-cd56b12a40a85296d5b7bc37580567eb

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Cologne starts its biggest evacuation since 1945 to defuse WWII bombs (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Wednesday OP
The wounds of war take generations to heal. Basso8vb Wednesday #1
eek AllaN01Bear Wednesday #2

AllaN01Bear

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Wed Jun 4, 2025, 03:49 PM
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they will be finding munitions to the end of time. a lot of ww1 stuff is still being found as many legacy munitions in other places lie viet nam and thailand to name a few.

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