Eighty years ago, Allied bombers destroyed huge parts of Dresden, killing thousands. Those exploiting the attacks for political ends often give casualty figures vastly higher than is historically ...

Experts have successfully defused an unexploded World War II-era bomb found in the German city of Dresden. Ahead of the operation, 18,000 people in the area were evacuated from the city center. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Explosive ordnance disposal personnel walk along the construction site at the demolished Carola Bridge on the banks of the Elbe ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Three ambulances make their way along the deserted Terrassenufer in Dresden's old town during an evacuation of the city center, as ...

President Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged Germans to “defend democracy” on the 75th anniversary of the destruction of Dresden in World War II on Thursday, as the emboldened far right rattles the ...

A German bomb disposal team Thursday gave the all-clear after defusing an unexploded World War II bomb that forced a mass evacuation in the city of Dresden. The operation had been complicated by a ...

LONDON -- Thousands of people were evacuated from the center of the east German city of Dresden on Wednesday, as authorities there prepared to defuse a World War II bomb discovered near one of the ...

An unexploded British World War Two bomb in Dresden has been defused, police in Germany say. Much of the centre of the city was evacuated after the 250kg (551lb) device was discovered near the former ...

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In a recent article, I discussed why we should understand the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) before labeling a military action a war crime. That article focused on today’s legal standards and why they ...