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  2. Battle of the Scheldt - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Operation Infatuate - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Liberation of Belgium - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Cinema Rex bombing - Wikipedia

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    It opened in 1935 and was designed by Leon Stynen, a Belgian architect, modeled after large American movie theatres. [1] On 16 December 1944 (the first day of the Ardennes Offensive), at 15:20, a V-2 rocket fired from The Netherlands (Hellendoorn) by the SS Werfer Battery 500 directly landed on the roof of the cinema during a showing of The ...

  6. The Forgotten Battle - Wikipedia

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    The Forgotten Battle (Dutch: De Slag om de Schelde) is a 2020 Dutch war drama film directed by Matthijs van Heijningen Jr. that depicts the Battle of the Scheldt in 1944. The film follows a Dutch Axis soldier played by Gijs Blom, a British glider pilot played by Jamie Flatters, and a resistance woman from Zeeland played by Susan Radder.

  7. 184th AAA Battalion (United States) - Wikipedia

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    On 6 November 1944, the 184th left Paris and travelled for two days to the region of Antwerp, Belgium to protect the vital port against attack from German V-1s. [14] Montgomery and the British 21st Army Group had captured Antwerp on 4 September, and it was one of few ports that had not been damaged by the retreating Germans. [ 18 ]

  8. 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.

  9. Clearing the Channel Coast - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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