GERMANY WWII BOMB DEFUSINGThe Pfaffendorfer Bridge crossing the Rhine river in Koblenz , Germany , is empty on 04 December morning . The centre of the western German city of Koblenz was empty 04 December after some 45 , 000 people including prisoners from a jail and patients from two hospital left before the removal of three World War II bombs from a riverbed . It was the biggest evacuation because of an unexploded WWII bomb in German history . The defusing of a large British WWII blockbuster bomb and some smaller explosive ordnance was scheduled for early afternoon on 04 December . EPA / THOMAS FREY < 연합뉴스 모바일 앱 다운 받 기 > < 포토 매거진 >< 저작권자 ( c ) 연합뉴스 . 무단 전재 - 재배 포금 지 . >