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Title
Infatuate II
Description
The last German stronghold on the Schledt Estuary was the island of Walcgeren. Linked by a narrow causeway to South Beveland, its batteries were still a threat to Allied transports. Agile minesweepers were already plying their trade in the estuary, but no freighter would dare the passage till …
Publisher
Date
1944-11-01
Scenario#
U41
Scenario Description
The last German stronghold on the Schledt Estuary was the island of Walcgeren. Linked by a narrow causeway to South Beveland, its batteries were still a threat to Allied transports. Agile minesweepers were already plying their trade in the estuary, but no freighter would dare the passage till the guns of Walcheren were silent. The only land bridge to Walcheren was 1200 meters long and 40 meters wide and “as straight as a gun barrel”. In spite of the most heroic exertions of the Glascow Highlanders and the 5th Canadian Bde, the causeway could not be forced. This, on an overcast November 1st, the Walcheren amphibious invasion was launched. The 4th Commando Bde, supported by specialized equipment of the British 79th Armored Division, and guided by the famous Westkapelle lighthouse, would sail into the face of the waiting guns in order to destroy them.
Location
Westkapelle, Holland
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
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.
Narrative Source
Combatants
British
German
Additional Information
Scenario Type = Standard

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