The discovery caused officials to evacuate 18,000 people on Wednesday, the largest such operation ever in the city, emergency services said.

The city's biggest ever evacuation comes after the British flying bomb was discovered near a collapsed bridge.

Around 18,000 people must evacuate an area of central Dresden by 9 a.m. local time Wednesday after a World War II bomb was ...

A British World War II bomb has been safely defused in the eastern German city of Dresden, allowing 18,000 people to return to their homes. The city's fire brigade said on Wednesday that it was the ...

An unexploded World War II bomb has been successfully defused in the German city of Dresden, police said, after a huge evacuation operation.

Demolition expert Thomas Zowalla after defusing the World War II-era bomb in Dresden Robert Michael / Picture Alliance via Getty Images Experts have successfully defused an unexploded World War II-era ...

THOUSANDS of people have been evacuated from Dresden after an unexploded World War 2 bomb was uncovered in the German city. A bomb squad was set to try to defuse the 250Kg British bomb which was ...

World War II bombs were previously found and defused twice in the same area in 2025. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Authorities in the eastern German city of Dresden began evacuating about 18,000 residents on Wednesday after the discovery of ...

In the northwestern German city of Hanover, 50,0000 people have been evacuated from their homes while experts defused three British bombs dropped during World War II. It was the second largest ...