US EditionDresden City Centre Cleared to Defuse Unexploded WWII Bomb
- On Wednesday, officials in Dresden evacuated around 18,000 people after discovering a 250-kilogram British explosive near the Carola Bridge, the largest such operation in the city.
- During reconstruction of the Carola Bridge after its September 2024 partial collapse, workers found the ordnance amid previous discoveries including four bombs found last year and January and August 2025 bomb finds.
- The 1,000-meter evacuation zone covers the Frauenkirche, Semperoper, police headquarters and Saxon state parliament, while more than 400 police and emergency services secured the area and a shelter opens at the Dresden Exhibition Centre from 7 a.m.
- Bomb experts will attempt to defuse the device and police spokesman Marko Laske said the damaged detonator requires a water jet cutter, which will 'naturally delay' the operation, with on-site detonation as a contingency.
- The incident fits a pattern of repeated wartime-ordnance discoveries, as January and August 2025 finds and last year's evacuation of 17,000 followed Dresden's heavy bombing on 13 and 14 February 1945 killing up to 25,000 and destroying around 90% of the city centre.
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The Dresden centre was evacuated this Wednesday morning to allow the largest demining operation ever carried out in the city, following the discovery of a bomb dating back to the Second World War.
The discovery of a British bomb of World War II led German authorities to evacuate a large part of Dresden's historic centre this Thursday. The explosive artifact, about 250 kilometres, was located near the old Ponté Carola, which crossed the river Elba in 2024. A man who found 'Uuro Ship' and refused to reveal a currency barrier was released after 10 years of imprisonment Video: Vulcan entered into the Hawaii and fired debris from the size of f…
The discovery of a World War II bomb has led on Wednesday to the eviction of large areas of the city of Dresden, capital of the State of Saxony, in eastern Germany. The incident has led some 18,000 people to evacuate the city center in an operation that local firefighters have described as “the largest evacuation to date in the city for this type of incident,” as the BBC has advanced, on Tuesday night. Continue reading
In Dresden, a 250-kilo bomb from the Second World War has been released by the military relief service. The unexploded man is to be defused on Wednesday. To do so, he must first be evacuated.[more]]>
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