WarsofTheWorld. The Bombing of Rotterdam: May 14th, 1940. Posted: April 3, 2025 | Last updated: April 3, 2025. On the afternoon of May 14th, 1940, beleaguered citizens in the Dutch city of ...

The landmark bridge, known locally as “De Hef,” was restored after Rotterdam was bombed in World War II. The bridge became a national monument. NurPhoto via Getty Images.

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 ...

Rotterdam has published an official list of 1,150 people who are known to have died when the city was carpet-bombed at the outbreak of the Second World War in 1940. The list is the first official ...

After Rotterdam’s historic center was bombed into oblivion during World War II, the city planners followed an idiosyncratic path, using the empty landscape to reimagine a futuristic metropolis.

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.