Editing Eindhoven (section)

=== 20th century ===
By 1920, the population was 47,946; by 1925 it was 63,870 and in 1935 that had ballooned to 103,030.<ref name="GrowthOfEndhoven">{{cite web |url=http://www.eindhoven.nl/stad/historie-1/Groei-van-Eindhoven-1.htm |title=Eindhoven – Groei van Eindhoven (inwoners) |website=Eindhoven.nl |date=30 April 2016 |access-date=5 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306133502/https://www.eindhoven.nl/stad/historie-1/Groei-van-Eindhoven-1.htm |archive-date=6 March 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The explosive growth of industry in the region and the subsequent housing needs of workers called for radical changes in administration, as the City of Eindhoven was still confined to its [[Middle Ages|medieval]] [[moat]] city limits. In 1920, the five neighbouring municipalities of [[Woensel]] (to the north), [[Tongelre]] (northeast and east), [[Stratum, Netherlands|Stratum]] (southeast), [[Gestel en Blaarthem]] (southwest) and [[Strijp]] (west), which already bore the brunt of the housing needs and related problems, were incorporated into the new Groot-Eindhoven ("Greater Eindhoven") municipality. The prefix "Groot-" was later dropped.

[[File:Openluchtvergadering NSB - Fotodienst der NSB - NIOD - 78459.jpeg|thumb|The [[National Socialist Movement in the Netherlands]], Eindhoven in April 1941]]

After the incorporation of 1920, the five former municipalities became districts of the Municipality of Eindhoven, with Eindhoven-Centrum (the City proper) forming the sixth. Since then, an additional seventh district has been formed by dividing the largest district, that of Woensel, into Woensel-Zuid and Woensel-Noord.

The early 20th century saw additions in technical industry with the advent of [[Automobile|car]] and truck manufacturing company Van Doorne's Aanhangwagenfabriek (Trailer factory) (DAF) which was later renamed to [[DAF Trucks|Van Doorne's Automobiel Fabriek]] and the subsequent shift towards electronics and engineering, with the traditional tobacco and textile industries waning and finally disappearing in the 1970s.

[[File:Cheering crowds line the streets as Cromwell tanks of 2nd Welsh Guards enter Eindhoven in Holland, 19 September 1944. BU945.jpg|thumb|left|People of Eindhoven (during [[World War II]]) watching [[Allies of World War II|Allied forces]] entering the city following its liberation from [[Axis powers|Axis forces]] on 19 September 1944.]]
[[File:Eindhoven, straatzicht 18 Septemberplein-Vestdijk-Stationsplein foto3 2014-05-04 10.35.jpg|Eindhoven, view to a street: [[18 September Square]]-Vestdijk-Stationsplein|thumb|right]]

A first [[airstrike|air raid]] in [[World War II]] was flown by the [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] on 6 December 1942 targeting the [[Philips]] factory downtown, in which 148 civilians died, even though the attack was carried out on a Sunday.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/dec42.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=6 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20070706011932/http://www.raf.mod.uk/bombercommand/dec42.html |archive-date=6 July 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ww2today.com/6th-december-1942-low-level-daylight-attack-on-the-philips-plant-holland|title=Low level daylight attack on the Philips plant, Holland |publisher=WWII Today |date=6 December 2012}}</ref> Large-scale air raids, including the bombing by the Luftwaffe on 19 September 1944 during [[Operation Market Garden]], destroyed large parts of the city and killed 227 civilians while leaving 800 wounded. The reconstruction that followed left very little historical remains and the postwar reconstruction period saw drastic renovation plans in [[High-rise|highrise]] style, some of which were implemented. At the time, there was little regard for historical [[Cultural heritage|heritage]]. During the 1960s, a new [[City and town halls|city hall]] was built and its Neo-gothic predecessor (1867) demolished to make way for a planned [[arterial road]] that never materialised.

The 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s saw large-scale [[housing developments]] in the districts of Woensel-Zuid and Woensel-Noord, making Eindhoven the fifth-largest city in the Netherlands.