3 World War Second Bombs have been removed from the largest evacuation in the German city since the end of the war

Three unexploited American bombs were transported from World War II on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city was evacuated since the end of the war.

Bombs were discovered on Monday during the preparatory work to build roads. City authorities He said The uninterrupted munitions were 20 -tons of American and American bomb, each of which has influence valves.

More than 20,000 residents were evacuated on Wednesday from the city center. The city authorities said in a statement that the experts carried out the bombs within about an hour.

Even after 80 years of the end of the war, immovable bombs are found during the air raids in War in Germany. Sometimes, large -scale preventive evacuations are needed. The site this time was unusually prominent – across the Rhine only from the historic Cologne Center.

There have been much larger evacuation in other German cities.

The evacuation included homes, 58 hotels, nine schools, hospital, elderly care homes, many museums, office buildings and Messi/Dietz train station. It also included three bridges across the Rhine River, including the Hohenzollern Railways Bridge, which leads to the central Cologne station. Shipping was suspended on the River River.

The city authorities said that clearance to move forward in defusing the bombs was somewhat delayed because one person in the historical center initially refused to leave his house.

Bombs of World War II were discovered in the battlefields and cities where the fighting took place, and the war often ends decades. In March, World War II bomb Found Near the paths of Paris Du Nord Station. In February, it was more than 170 bombs Find Near a children’s playground in northern England. In October 2024, World War II bomb burst At a Japanese airport.