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  2. 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.

  3. 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 ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. 1944 (film) - Wikipedia

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    1944 is a 2015 Estonian war drama film directed by Elmo Nüganen. The film first premiered in February 2015 in Berlin , Germany, before its release in Estonia [ 4 ] and other Northern European countries.

  6. 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 ...

  7. List of American films of 1945 - Wikipedia

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    Cast Genre Notes 6th Marine Division on Okinawa: Harlon Block: Documentary: Oscar-nominated film on Battle of Okinawa: Appointment in Tokyo: Jack Hively: Documentary: produced by Army Pictorial Service, Signal Corps The Battle of San Pietro: John Huston: Mark W. Clark, John Huston (narrator) Documentary: Short subject: Death Mills: Billy Wilder ...

  8. Operation Pheasant - Wikipedia

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    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, 19441945. Bison books. ISBN 9780803296183. Williams, Jeffery (1988). Long Left Flank: The hard Fought Way to the Reich 19441945. Pen and Sword. ISBN 9780850528800.

  9. Siege of Bastogne - Wikipedia

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    The 101st Airborne Division's casualties from 19 December 1944 to 6 January 1945 were 341 killed, 1,691 wounded, and 516 missing. Several regiments within the 101st were nicknamed " The Battered Bastards of Bastogne ", due to their part in holding the important crossroads town during the Battle of the Bulge.