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WWII bombs defused in Cologne after city's largest postwar evacuation
Cologne was among the most heavily bombed cities in Germany during World War II. According to the German press agency DPA, between 1,500 and 2,000 unexploded WWII-era bombs are discovered annually in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia alone, including around 200 large bombs similar to those found in Cologne.
Every once in a while, on clear days during those months, U.S. soldiers on the Roer’s west bank could see the towers and chimneys of Cologne. The great offensive across the Roer, scheduled for ...
But there it was. The Ludendorff Bridge spanned across the Rhine River. In a day, it would be in American hands, starting an 18-day-long battle to hold onto it, with Nazi Germany throwing planes ...
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