Bezuidenhout is the neighborhood southeast of the Haagse Bos

Haagse Bos

Haagse Bos is an area and a forest in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands. It reaches from the Center of The Hague near Malieveld to the city of Wassenaar...

 neighborhood. Bezuidenhout includes the Beatrixkwartier

Beatrixkwartier

The Beatrixkwartier is a modern financial district in The Hague, near the Central Station, in the Bezuidenhout district. The name was invented when they were renewing the Princess Beatrix Avenue again. Officially this area is the strip of buildings along the Utrechtsebaan NN to the Palace of Justice...

 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

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, Bezuidenhout was bombed by mistake by the Royal Air Force

Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world...

 in a raid

Raid (military)

Raid, also known as depredation, is a military tactic or operational warfare mission which has a specific purpose and is not normally intended to capture and hold terrain, but instead finish with the raiding force quickly retreating to a previous defended position prior to the enemy forces being...

 which killed hundreds of civilians. The targeted area was the adjacent woodland park Haagse Bos

Haagse Bos

Haagse Bos is an area and a forest in the centre of The Hague, Netherlands. It reaches from the Center of The Hague near Malieveld to the city of Wassenaar...

 that was used by the Germans for launching V-1

V-1 flying bomb

The V-1 flying bomb, also known as the Buzz Bomb or Doodlebug, was an early pulse-jet-powered predecessor of the cruise missile....

 and V-2

V-2 rocket

The V-2 rocket , technical name Aggregat-4 , was a ballistic missile that was developed at the beginning of the Second World War in Germany, specifically targeted at London and later Antwerp. The liquid-propellant rocket was the world's first long-range combat-ballistic missile and first known...

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.