WarsofTheWorld. The Bombing of Rotterdam: May 14th, 1940. Posted: May 19, 2025 | Last updated: May 19, 2025. On the afternoon of May 14th, 1940, beleaguered citizens in the Dutch city of Rotterdam ...

A screenshot from the film. Previously unseen footage has turned up showing unique images of the aftermath of the bombing of Rotterdam on May 14, 1940.. The 8mm film was found among material left by ...

But what Rotterdam, the Netherlands’ second-largest city, lacks in historical edifices — much of it was bombed in World War II — it makes up for with contemporary urban cool.

Rotterdam was really filled with energy, and that whole energy stopped abruptly after the bombing in May 1940, when the city centre was destroyed in a few minutes. Finally, the city has re-found ...

Rotterdam was famously bombed in the Second World War. It used to look not unlike Amsterdam, but Hitler put paid to that, and futuristic architecture sprang up where traditional Dutch buildings ...