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| Bezuidenhout | |
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| Coordinates: 52°5′17″N 4°20′41″E / 52.08806°N 4.34472°ECoordinates: 52°5′17″N 4°20′41″E / 52.08806°N 4.34472°E | |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Province | South Holland |
| Municipality | The Hague |
| District | Haagse Hout |
| Population | |
| • Total | 14,447 |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
Bezuidenhout (English: South of the Wood) is the neighborhood (Dutch: wijk) southeast of the Haagse Bos neighborhood. Bezuidenhout includes the Beatrixkwartier financial area near the Central Station and streets such as Bezuidenhoutseweg, Juliana van Stolberglaan, Laan van Nieuw Oost-Indië, Prins Clauslaan, and Theresiastraat.
Part of German-occupied Europe during World War II, Bezuidenhout was bombed by mistake by the Royal Air Force in a raid which killed hundreds of civilians. The targeted area was the adjacent woodland park Haagse Bos that was used by the Germans for launching V-1 and V-2 rockets, but all bombs missed the forest target by more than 500 yards because of an error in reading the map and incorrect allowance for the wind.[1][2]
| Haagse Bos V-2 launch site raid | |||||||
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| Part of World War II Operation Crossbow | |||||||
 Motorized Nazi artillery launched 1,027 V-2 rockets at London from The Hague — 79 failed at launch and only 600 reached London[3] (Backfire V-2 shown on Meillerwagen, S.I. Negative #76-2755).[4] |
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 Royal Air Force |
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| 56 Bostons & B-25 Mitchells[2] | |||||||
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Bezuidenhout civilian casualties (collateral damage):
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Collier, Basil (1976) [1964]. The Battle of the V-Weapons, 1944-1945. Yorkshire: The Emfield Press. p. 133. ISBN 0 7057 0070 4.
- ^ a b c Garliński, Józef (1978). Hitler's Last Weapons: The Underground War against the V1 and V2. New York: Times Books. p. 184.
- ^ Kooy, Dr. J. M. J; Uytenbogaart, Prof. Dr. Ir J. W. H (1946). "Ballistics Of The Future With Special Reference To The Dynamical And Physical Theory Of The Rocket Weapons". http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?tn=ballistics+future&sortby=1&sts=t&an=kooy&bi=0&bx=off&y=0&ds=50&x=0. Retrieved 2010-02-27. (Kooy-Uytenbogaart launch figures are from Space Travel, Gatland & Kunesch, 1953 Second impression, p. 52-3; and Kooy-Uytenbogaart location information was used as source for the 1973 Gravity's Rainbow.)
- ^ Kennedy, Gregory P. (1983). Vengeance Weapon 2: The V-2 Guided Missile. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press. pp. 44, 45, 48.
- ^ Ordway, Frederick I, III; Sharpe, Mitchell R (1979) (hyperlink to index). The Rocket Team. Apogee Books Space Series 36. New York: Thomas Y. Crowell. pp. 221, 226. ISBN 1894959000. http://www.apogeebooks.com/indices/RocketTeamindex.htm.
