What the records say
- When
- 22 Feb 1944
- Kind
- Military operation
- Coordinates
- 51.85° N, 5.86° E
- Description
- 1944 Allied aerial bombing of Dutch city during World War II
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Bombing of Nijmegen
Allied aerial bombing of Dutch city during World War II
The bombing of Nijmegen on 22 February 1944 was a target-of-opportunity aerial bombing raid by the United States Army Air Forces on the city of Nijmegen in the Netherlands, then occupied by Nazi Germany. In terms of the number of victims, it was one of the largest bombardments of a Dutch city during World War II.
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