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Cologne defuses WW2 bombs after 20,000 evacuated. Gabriela Pomeroy - BBC News. June 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM. Copied; Police cordoned off large areas of the city [EPA] ...

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.