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Once the German defenders were no longer a threat, it took another three weeks to de-mine the harbours; the first convoy carrying Allied supplies could not unload in Antwerp until 28 November 1944. [2] Once Antwerp was opened, it allowed 2.5 million tons of supplies to arrive at that port between November 1944 and April 1945, which were ...
Map of the liberation of North Brabant and Dutch Zeeland (Battle of the Scheldt). This is a chronological overview of the dates at which the liberation by the Allies in World War II took place of a number of Dutch cities and towns.
Operation Infatuate was the code name given to an Anglo-Canadian operation in November 1944 during the Second World War to open the port of Antwerp to shipping and relieve logistical constraints. The operation was part of the wider Battle of the Scheldt and involved two assault landings from the sea by the 4th Special Service Brigade and the ...
When the allies entered Antwerp on 4 September, the inhabitants of this district expected the allies to relieve the German occupation in a matter of hours and plundered the locality. However, allied advance halted at the Albert Canal, leaving the district under German occupation for the rest of September.
17 to 20 September – Battle of Nijmegen; 17 to 26 September – Battle of Arnhem; 17 Sep: The British Second Army launches the offensive from Beeringen [1] Large Allied airborne landings in North Brabant, in the Reich of Nijmegen, and near Arnhem [1] The Dutch government orders a general railway strike [1] The Reichskommissariat is relocated ...
In the Shadow of Arnhem: The Battle for the Lower Maas, September–November 1944. Sutton. ISBN 9780750928212. Van Der Zee, Henri A (1998). The Hunger Winter: Occupied Holland, 1944–1945. Bison books. ISBN 9780803296183. Williams, Jeffery (1988). Long Left Flank: The hard Fought Way to the Reich 1944–1945. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9780850528800.
2–5 January – Battle of Bure fought. 11 January – Socialists leave the government. [2]: 861 16 January – Wildcat strike in the Port of Antwerp over payment of danger money. [2]: 861 25 January – Battle of the Bulge ends. February. 4 February – Liberation of Belgium complete. 7 February – Hubert Pierlot's government resigns. [2]: 861
Notes on the Operations of 21 Army Group, 6 June 1944 – 5 May 1945 (pdf) (Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library online ed.). British Army of the Rhine. 2004 [1945]. N13331; Williams, M. P. (22 May 2014). Rough Road to Antwerp: The First Canadian Army's Operations Along the Channel Coast (pdf). Command and General Staff College (CGSC ...