Scheldt Fortress South

Backed against the Scheidt Estuary, the weakened German 64th Infantry Division faced the entire Canadian First Army. It was the guns of the 64th which barred shipping from Antwerp. Every day that the 64th held out meant another day of …

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Backed against the Scheidt Estuary, the weakened German 64th Infantry Division faced the entire Canadian First Army. It was the guns of the 64th which barred shipping from Antwerp. Every day that the 64th held out meant another day of short supplies for the Allies. The Canadian 7th Bde had, at substantial cost, opened a bridgehead across the Leopold Canal. Now the British 52nd Lowland Division, which had just completed more than two years of special training, was brought forward to clear the coastline. The issue was never in doubt, only the time it would take and the price the Germans would exact.

Scheldt Estuary, Holland

The Battle of the Scheldt in World War II was a series of military operations led by the First Canadian Army, with Canadian, Polish and British units attached, to open up the shipping route to Antwerp so that its port could be used to supply the Allies in north-west Europe. Under acting command of the First Canadian's Lieutenant-General Guy Simonds, the battle took place in northern Belgium and southwestern Netherlands from October 2 to November 8, 1944.

Wikipedia: Battle of the Scheldt

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