Germany – Some 20,000 residents in the western German city of Cologne are being forced to evacuate their homes after authorities discovered a 200-kilogram (440-pound) bomb from World War II. Schools and kindergartens remained closed and dozens of ambulances were on the scene to evacuate residents of a nursing home.
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The deactivation of the bomb, which was found near Muelheim bridge crossing the Rhine River, was planned for Wednesday afternoon. City officials said in a statement that during this time the river would be closed for shipping and the air space would be closed too.
Even 70 years after the end of World War II, unexploded bombs are still found relatively frequently in Germany, generally during construction in major cities.
Cologne was a regular target for Allied bombers during the war.
The ugly scar that the german marred on the earth still oozes.
Interesting – if the bomb really is 200kg, it almost certainly a German bomb, dropped from an aircraft in trouble…American and British bombs were measured in pounds, most often in WWII of either 500lb or 1000lb variety. Soviet bombs were also measured in kilograms, but their bombers never ventured as far west as Cologne.
What a pity it was discovered. If it took lives of a dozen children/grandchildren of the men who served the third reich, there would be some justice in that. But what would especially poignant is that they perished by the weapon that their fathers/grandfathers planted.
If they hadn’t invaded Poland and started the war this never would have happened. Sorry, I have absolutely no sympathy for Germans.
Some of the remarks on this board, are extremely disturbing. The present day generation of Germans had nothing to do with the atrocities, which their parents and grandparents engaged in, during World War Two. Therefore, for those of you who are gloating, and wishing that the bomb had exploded, and caused deaths and injuries, is perverted! A shanda!!