Disaster in Nijmegen

22nd February 1944: A catastrophic series of events causes at least 800 dead and many more wounded in the centre of the historic Dutch city

B-24s of the 446th Bomb Group on a bomb run.

In 1940 there had been worldwide outrage at the bombing of Rotterdam by the Germans as they invaded the Netherlands. Four years later the bombing of another Dutch city with comparable levels of casualties attracted much less attention.

On the 22nd February the next target for the 8th Air Force - in the rolling…