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Germany's problem with its thousands of unexploded bombs

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Paul Jäger
July 27, 2023

Germany has thousands of tons of unexploded ordnance and munitions left over from World War I and World War II. Time and again, entire neighborhoods must be evacuated to defuse unexploded ordnance found during construction work. How is Germany dealing with this explosive military legacy?

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