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Cologne: World War II bomb prompts mass evacuation
The discovery of a World War II bomb in Cologne ... The bombardment flattened a large portion of Cologne's city center, while missing its renowned cathedral on the banks of the Rhine almost ...
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6 great cathedrals around the world that were destroyed by fire, war and worse
Astonishingly, it was left undamaged by the German bombing during the second world war. St Martin’s was ... and fully reopened in 1938. The Cologne Cathedral was tested by multiple wars.