06/04/2025 June 4, 2025. 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.

Large areas of the city center of Cologne were closed off on Wednesday as experts defused three bombs left over from World War II, which ended 80 years ago. The evacuation operation in Cologne, which ...

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.

A person works by a cordoned off area near the Cologne Cathedral, after the discovery of World War II-era bombs during exploratory work, affecting over 20,000 people, who had to be evacuated on ...

Around 20,000 people are being urgently evacuated from their homes in Cologne, Germany, ... The Unesco World Heritage Cologne Cathedral sits just outside the area.

Around 20,000 people are being urgently evacuated from their homes in Cologne, Germany, after three unexploded Second World War bombs were discovered.. After the city undergoes its largest postwar ...

Unexploded bombs are often found in Germany, where many major cities sustained heavy damage during the war. Central Cologne in particular was nearly decimated in 1942 as the first target of the ...

A person works by a cordoned off area near the Cologne Cathedral, after the discovery of World War II-era bombs during exploratory work, affecting over 20,000 people, who had to be evacuated on ...

The city's major landmark, the Cologne Cathedral, was, however, situated just outside the danger area.. Germany's national rail operator, Deutsche Bahn, had warned that many trains will be ...