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The Battle of the Scheldt in World War II was a series of military operations to open up the Scheldt river between Antwerp and the North Sea for shipping...89 KB (12,054 words) - 15:53, 26 June 2024- directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. that depicts the Battle of the Scheldt in 1944. The film follows a Dutch Axis soldier played by Gijs Blom, a British...12 KB (1,364 words) - 07:47, 19 July 2024
The Scheldt (/ˈʃɛlt, ˈskɛlt/ SHELT, SKELT; French: Escaut [ɛsko]; Dutch: Schelde [ˈɕxɛldə] ) is a 435-kilometre-long (270 mi) river that flows through...18 KB (1,505 words) - 06:57, 23 August 2024
The Western Scheldt (Dutch: Westerschelde) in the province of Zeeland in the southwestern Netherlands, is the estuary of the Scheldt river. This river...5 KB (560 words) - 00:02, 20 July 2024- The Battle of Walcheren Causeway (Operation Vitality) was an engagement of the Battle of the Scheldt between the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade, elements...12 KB (1,365 words) - 04:34, 3 December 2023
Léo Major (redirect from Battle of Zwolle)captured 93 German soldiers during the Battle of the Scheldt in Zeeland in the southern Netherlands. According to the Ottawa Citizen, Major and his friend...33 KB (3,985 words) - 14:52, 15 June 2024
Siegfried Line campaign (redirect from Battle of the Siegfried Line)to the port of Antwerp in the Battle of the Scheldt. However, even if the Scheldt Estuary had been secured immediately at the start of September, the port...40 KB (4,905 words) - 18:09, 20 August 2024- The order of battle for the Battle of the Scheldt lists the Allied and German forces that participated in said World War II battle from October 2 to November...843 bytes (108 words) - 09:11, 10 February 2024
Canadian Army fought the Battle of the Scheldt, opening the port of Antwerp to shipping. As a result, by the end of October, the supply situation had...169 KB (19,695 words) - 11:51, 16 August 2024
21st Army Group (category Army groups of the British Army in World War II)water during the Battle of the Scheldt. Walcheren itself was captured in late 1944 by the last major amphibious assault in Europe in the Second World War...23 KB (2,339 words) - 10:49, 24 June 2024
The Battle of the Scheldt also known as the Battle of Walcheren (known in Dutch as Slag bij Reimerswaal) was a naval battle that took place on 29 January...16 KB (1,729 words) - 17:20, 28 June 2024
2nd Canadian Division during World War II (category Infantry divisions of Canada)the retaking of the Channel Ports, the Battle of the Scheldt, and the liberation of the Netherlands. The division was deactivated shortly after the end...44 KB (4,963 words) - 18:51, 27 June 2024
Gustav-Adolf von Zangen (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves)divisions, across the Scheldt to the island of Walcheren and South Beveland. There, they were attacked during the Battle of the Scheldt 2 October-8 November...7 KB (576 words) - 21:06, 14 April 2024
Bernard Montgomery (redirect from The Spartan General)Montgomery's equivocal acceptance of responsibility he blames lack of support, and also refers to the Battle of the Scheldt which was undertaken by Canadian...165 KB (20,114 words) - 07:41, 13 August 2024- No. 48 (Royal Marine) Commando (category Commando units and formations of the United Kingdom)Erebus; the garrison surrendered after two hours of fighting. Following the Battle of the Scheldt, No. 48 Commando raided across the Meuse (Maas) in the Netherlands...12 KB (1,232 words) - 19:38, 10 March 2022
Operation Market Garden (category Aerial operations and battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom)advanced northwards and westwards, the Canadian First Army taking the Scheldt Estuary in the Battle of the Scheldt. Allied forces also advanced eastwards...169 KB (23,078 words) - 05:06, 28 July 2024
Terrapin (amphibious vehicle) (category Military trucks of the United Kingdom)used in 1944 at Antwerp during the Battle of the Scheldt. Terrapins served with the Royal Engineer assault teams of the 79th Armoured Division and were...8 KB (869 words) - 04:30, 4 November 2023
79th Armoured Division (United Kingdom) (category Armoured divisions of the British Army in World War II)ships ashore; the design was used at the Battle of the Scheldt during the crossing of the Rhine in 1945. The Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier was a...20 KB (2,041 words) - 23:06, 2 May 2024
The Battle of the Lys and the Escaut was the third and last phase of the Second Battle of Belgium (French: 2ème Bataille de Belgique) or the Ypres-Lys...9 KB (907 words) - 04:45, 2 January 2024- Aachen Switchback (1944) taking of Breskens pocket, first phase of the Battle of the Scheldt. Thunderbolt (1944) , the battle for Fort Driant, near Metz Totter...34 KB (2,604 words) - 05:40, 1 July 2024
- crossed the Scheldt and annihilated an outlying body of French troops, and Cadogan established himself on the ground he had won in front of the French
- drive your enemies so far that they shall not again see the banks of the Scheldt; and by a battle on my arrival, to regain all that has been taken from
- repeat of the disaster in the future. The sea inlets should be closed off, with the exception of the Nieuwe Waterweg and the Western Scheldt, thus making