Bombing of the Bezuidenhout
| Bombing of the Bezuidenhout | |||||
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| Part of World War II Operation Crossbow | |||||
Bezuidenhout burning, shortly after the bombing, photographed from the tower of the Church of James the Greater, at Parkstraat in The Hague | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
| United Kingdom | Nazi Germany | ||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||
| Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham | |||||
| Units involved | |||||
| 902nd Artillery Regiment z.V. (Motorized) | |||||
| Strength | |||||
| 56 Boston & Mitchell bombers | |||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||
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Bezuidenhout civilian casualties:
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The bombing of the Bezuidenhout (Dutch: bombardement op het Bezuidenhout) took place on March 3, 1945, when the Royal Air Force mistakenly bombed the Bezuidenhout neighborhood in the Dutch city of The Hague, resulting in the death of 532 people.