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The discovery of an unexploded aerial bomb from World War II in Cologne forced the evacuation of broadcaster RTL's headquarters on Wednesday, but programming continued without disruption. Discovery of unexploded bombs is common in Cologne and other German cities, which were heavily bombed by Allied air forces during the war. Specially trained crews are dispatched to defuse or safely detonate the bombs. An RTL spokeswoman said the network continued broadcasting its full programme from outside the

Each year, German soil yields a harrowing harvest: an estimated 2,000 tons of unexploded World War II munitions, the sheer magnitude of these findings necessitates the evacuation of tens of thousands. During World War II, the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces collectively released 2.7 million tonnes of bombs over Europe. In…

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Marc Owen of Bombs Away UXO told MailOnline that it was estimated that one in ten bombs dropped during World War II failed to detonate, so there are potentially large numbers still hidden underground.

Experts say hundreds of thousands of unspent munitions lie on the seabed around Britain.