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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 29 November 1944. 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 critical to ...
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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 ...
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.
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.
The battle ended with the Germans in full retreat. 600,000 U.S. troops were involved in the battle, which made it the largest ground battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought: 81,000 U.S. troops were killed or wounded. Estimates of German casualties range from 67,675 to 125,000 killed, wounded and missing.
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 ...