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The city, in western Germany, is undergoing its biggest ever post-war evacuation after discovery of two 1,000kg and one 500kg American bombs.

COLOGNE, Germany — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from the Second World War were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city’s biggest evacuation since the end of the war. More than ...

Cologne was the first German city to experience a '1,000 bomber raid' by the Royal Air Force during World War Two. Some 1,400 tons of bombs were dropped in a single night on 30 May, 1942.

Unexploded bombs are often found in Germany, which had many of its major cities bombed to ruins during the war, and such operations often go smoothly. Reuters World News Jun 04, 2025 16:04 pm IST ...

Buildings across the center of the western city of Cologne were evacuated after the discovery of three World War II bombs. Some 20,000 people had been under evacuation orders.

Facing determined German troops, soldiers of the U.S. Army's 2nd Ranger Battalion scaled this height at a high cost in men in 1944 during World War II. At first it might sound like Point du Hoc on ...