On 3 April 1945, after the Allies had taken Bad Bentheim (then still Bentheim), they supposed that strong German forces were lying in wait in Schüttorf, and so they shelled the town heavily, with bomber squadrons also dropping phosphorus incendiary bombs.
3. aprillil 1945, pärast seda, kui liitlased võtsid Bad Bentheimi (siis lihtsalt Bentheim), arvasid nad, et Schüttorfis ootavad tugevad Saksa väed, ja nii nad purustasid linna raskelt; pommitajaekadrillid viskasid ka fosforsüütepomme.