WW2 British bomb found in Koblenz causes 45000 people evacuation

[csThor]

I for one wouldn't want to do that job - not for all the money in the world. I once helped a friend of our family dig out the fundaments of the house he'd bought and while digging I suddenly came face-to-detonator with an unexploded 120mm mortar round of german make. We had to call the Kampfmittelräumdienst and they dug out another mortar round, some decayed remnants of infantry weapons and ammunition, a few hand grenades and a Panzerfaust. Quite a sobering experience ...