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Köln/Cologne Evacuated After Discovery of WW2 Bombs

4 Jun 2025

On 2 Jun 2025, three WW2-era American aerial bombers were discovered in a shipyard in the Köln (English: Cologne) borough of Deutz in Germany, leading to the evaucation of about 20,500 people in a roughly 1,000-meter (3,280-foot) radius area. The bombs are planned to be defused today, 4 Jun 2025.

For more information:
BBC: Cologne evacuates 20,000 so WW2 bombs can be defused
WW2DB: Bombing of Hamburg, Dresden, and Other Cities



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