Bombing of Nijmegen
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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. Officially, nearly 800 people were killed due to carelessness in inaccurate bombing, but because people in hiding were not counted, the actual death toll was likely higher. A large part of the historic city centre was destroyed, including Saint Steven's Church. Saint Augustine's Church and Nijmegen railway station were heavily damaged as well.
1944
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Netherlands,
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| event | armed conflict | 1388 | Battle of Niftrik | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1397 | Battle of Kleverhamm | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1499 | Siege of Rhenen | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1502 | Siege of Huissen | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1574 | Battle of Mookerheyde | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1576 | Siege of Vredenburg | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1585 | Siege of IJsseloord | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1586 | Siege of Grave | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1589 | Assault on Nijmegen | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1591 | Siege of Knodsenburg | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1591 | Siege of Nijmegen | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1599 | Siege of Schenckenschans | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1602 | Siege of Grave | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1635 | Battle of Schenkenschanz | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1635 | Siege of Schenkenschans | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1672 | Siege of Nimègue | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1672 | Siege of Doesburg | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1674 | Siege of Grave | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Siege of Nijmegen | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1794 | Battle of Puiflijk | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1813 | Battle of Arnhem | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of Mill | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1940 | Battle of the Grebbeberg | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Bombing of Nijmegen | bombardment | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Unknown | bombardment | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Arnhem | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Nijmegen | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Waal Crossing | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of the Nijmegen Salient | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Opheusden | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Haalderen | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1945 | Liberation of Arnhem | United Kingdom, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1945 | Battle of Otterlo | battle | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1889 | Arnhemsche Stoomsleephelling Maatschappij | shipyard, shipbuilding | Wikidata |
| organisation | factory | 1889 | Shipyard De Hoop | shipyard | Wikidata |
| site | bunker | LIMOS-kazerne: schuilkelders | air-raid shelter | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Beneden-Lent | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Boven-Lent | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort Pannerden | Association of Friends of Fort Pannerden, fort, squatter's house | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fortress Genneperhuis | archaeological site, fortress | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Knodsenbourg | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Sterreschans | fort | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Betuws Oorlogsmuseum, The Island | military museum, museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Museum Bronbeek | military museum, museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1949 | Airborne Museum 'Hartenstein' | military museum | Wikidata |
| site | tower | Gevangentoren, Megen | gate tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | wall tower Noordwal Gennep | fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | Waltoren | fortified tower | Wikidata | |
| site | tower | 1300 | Hof te Seelbeek | destroyed building or structure, château, keep | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1400 | Toren van Wely | destroyed building or structure, château, keep | Wikidata |
| site | tower | 1425 | Kronenburgertoren | fortification, fortified tower | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Bombardement Nijmegen - Fotodienst der NSB - NIOD - 211724 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bombardement Nijmegen - Fotodienst der NSB - NIOD - 211437 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bombardement Nijmegen - Fotodienst der NSB - NIOD - 211438 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bombardement Nijmegen - Fotodienst der NSB - NIOD - 211725 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bombardement Nijmegen - Fotodienst der NSB - NIOD - 211727 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Door het bombardement verwoeste panden. F15060 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bombardement Nijmegen - Fotodienst der NSB - NIOD - 211732 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | De door bombardementen verwoeste panden, gezien vanuit de Korte Molenstraat, rechts de ijzerhandel v F15056 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Bombardement Nijmegen - Fotodienst der NSB - NIOD - 211726 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Luchtfoto vanaf de kerktoren van de St.Dominicuskerk op de verwoeste binnenstad na het bombardement. F58085 | Commons | ||









