Over 20,000 people evacuated from their homes in Germany after discovery of 4,000-pound World War Two bomb

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Over 20,000 people evacuated from their homes in Germany after discovery of 4,000-pound World War Two bomb

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Date: Tuesday, 5-Nov-2013 17:04:25

More than 20,000 have been forced from their homes Explosive found by experts scouring old aerial photos for ordnance Bomb dropped during Battle of the Ruhr, a five-month campaign aimed at crippling Adolf Hitler's war effort More than 20,000 people have been forced from their homes as German authorities prepare to defuse a massive bomb dating back to World War Two. Thousands of properties within a radius of 1.5km of the bomb were evacuated in the west German city of Dortmund. The 4,000-pound bomb was discovered after experts analysed old aerial photographs while searching for unexploded ordnance dropped on Germany's industrial Ruhr region by Allied aircraft. While unexploded WWII-era bombs are regularly discovered in Germany, they are rarely as big as the one uncovered in Dortmund. A similar discovery two years ago prompted another mass evacuation, affecting 45,000 people in the city of Koblenz, along the River Rhine. Photos on link http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2486078/Thousands-people-evacuated-homes-Germany-discovery-4-000-pound-World-War-Two-bomb.html