What the records say
- When
- 3 Mar 1945
- Kind
- Military operation
- Deaths
- 550
- Coordinates
- 52.09° N, 4.34° E
- Description
- 1945 Aerial bombing operation during World War II
- Injured
- 250
Bombing of the Bezuidenhout
1945 British military error during WWII
The bombing of the Bezuidenhout took place on 3 March 1945, when the Royal Air Force mistakenly bombed the Bezuidenhout neighbourhood in the Dutch city of The Hague, resulting in the death of 532 people.
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