Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kurwisa kwokutanga kwomuchadenga muHondo Yenyika II kwakabhururutswa neRAF musi wa6 December 1942 kunanga fekitari yePhilips iri pakati peguta, umo vanhu 148 vakafa, kunyange zvazvo kurwisa kwacho kwakaitwa musi weSvondo nebhomba reMosquito raibhururuka pasi. Kurwisa kukuru kwemhepo, kubatanidza kubhomba kwakaitwa neLuftwaffe musi wa19 September 1944 mukati me
Operation Market Garden, yakaparadza zvikamu zvikuru zveguta uye yakauraya vagari vemo 227 ichisiya 800 vakakuvadzwa. Kuvakwazve kwakatevera kwakasiya zvisaririra zvishomanana zvikuru zvezvakaitika kare uye nguva yekuvakwazve kwepashure pehondo yakaona hurongwa hwekugadziridza hwakasimba muchimiro chepamusoro-soro, humwe hwahwo hwakaitwa. Panguva iyoyo, nhaka yenhau yairemekedzwa zvishoma. Mumakore ekuma1960, imba itsva yeguta yakavakwa uye yakatangira Neo-Gothic (1867) yakaparadzwa kuti iite nzira yemugwagwa wakarongwa usina kumboitika.