The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs.

More 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 ...

Though Cologne has faced frequent discoveries of unexploded World War II munitions due to its history of heavy Allied bombardment, the city stated that “no operation of this size has been ...

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 Worl… ...

(CNN) — The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs.