HI All

I moved to Holland about a year ago and am doing some research into the are I live.

One question : The Scheldt Estuary ... I know that there were German positions in the north on Walcherem Island but did they have positions on the other side of the estuary in the Breskens area? Or was this allied territory?

Thanks

hello paulrg,

here´s some data and a map that will hopefully tell how it all went...

Scheldt Estuary and 15th Army

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/C.../OpSumm-11.jpg

HyperWar: The Canadian Army 1939-1945: An Official Historical Summary

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Excellent , many thanks

The Battle of the Scheldt - Veterans Affairs Canada

WWII: The Battle of the Scheldt - Canada at War

Juno Beach Centre - The Battle of the Scheldt

The Battle of the Scheldt » Armchair General

http://www.amputesdeguerre.ca/upload...a/PDF/aaod.pdf

Canadian Battlefields » The Scheldt Estuary and the Liberation of Holland

BBC - WW2 People's War - Timeline

Battle of the Scheldt:* Part IV* October, 1944 - The Battle for Woensdrecht and the Neck of the Scheldt Estuary

Military History: Second World War: The Low Countries: The Scheldt

Amazon.com: Terrible Victory: First Canadian Army and the Scheldt Estuary Campaign: September 13 - November 6, 1944 (9781553652274): Mark Zuehlke: Books

Battle of the Scheldt by Shelagh W. Denis and Whitaker - First Edition - from Stillman Books and Biblio.com see the book "Tug of War" by Dennis Whitaker

Homefront in Alberta - The Calgary Highlanders at the Walcheren Causeway: October, 1944

The Aftermath of Operation-Market-Garden

http://www.kingstonlegion.com/Poppy/...ium%201944.doc

wo2forum.nl • Toon onderwerp - Canadese emblemen, setjes

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Mark Zuehlke Interviews - D&M Publishers

Clearing the Breskens Pocket: Operation Switchback - Veterans Affairs Canada

http://www.wlu.ca/lcmsds/cmh/back%20...ir%20Force.pdf

Canadian Participation In The World War II Battle To Win The Breskens Pocket: Army, Part 35 | Legion Magazine

Battle of the Scheldt :September-November 1944 - Part 1: The Leopold Canal

http://www.kingstonlegion.com/Poppy/...ium%201944.doc

Battle of the Scheldt Estuary | World War II Database

http://www.army.forces.gc.ca/caj/doc...ol9.1_06_e.pdf

Juno Beach Centre - The Battle of the Scheldt

The Battle of the Scheldt » Armchair General

http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/7BB05..._walcheren.pdf

you tube scheldt estuary wwii - Google Videos

I will be there in May 2010... Not realizing that my Dad fought there, I have very hazy recall of him speaking about the horrible conditions which were brought forward as I watched the youtube video of the Canadian Veteran saying how if you were wounded you would probably drown....

Statement in Wikpedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Scheldt "The Allies finally cleared the port areas on November 8, but at a cost of 12,873 Allied casualties (killed, wounded, or missing), half of them Canadians.[3]"

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Regards, Michelle

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Regards, Michelle

Oliver Goldsmith, "I love everything that's old: old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wines."

Michelle what would we do with you ?

More about the Causeway battlefield at Walcheren

Battle of Walcheren Causeway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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