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An unexploded 250-kilogram British bomb discovered during bridge reconstruction in Dresden forced the evacuation of 18,000 people on March 11, 2026—the largest such operation in the eastern German city's history. The incident is the third bomb found at the same site since 2025, underscoring Germany's ongoing confrontation with an estimated 100,000 tons of unexploded WWII ordnance still buried beneath its cities, which grows more chemically unstable with each passing year.