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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 September – Liberation of Brussels and Antwerp; Independent Belgian Brigade (Brigade Piron) enters Brussels. [2]: 858-9 5 September – Customs Convention between Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg signed. [5] 7 September – Liberation of Liège. [2]: 857 8 September – Battle of Geel begins (to 23 September)
On 16 April 1945, the 184th left the Antwerp region and moved into Germany, reaching Mainz on 18 April. [34] Batteries B, C, and D were positioned in Mainz to guard the Rhine River crossing. Battery A was moved 15 miles (24 km) north to the town of Bingen , where it performed the same duties until 26 April, when it returned to Mainz.
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 ...
Battle of Antwerp (1584) – Dutch Revolt; Battle of Antwerp (1832) – Ten Days' Campaign; Battle of Antwerp (1914) – World War I; Battle of Antwerp (1944) – World War II; Battle of Anzen – 838 – Byzantine–Arab Wars; Battle of Aong – 1857 – Indian Rebellion of 1857; Siege of Apia – 1889 – Second Samoan Civil War
The Bombardment of Antwerp (1830), when the Dutch started bombarding Antwerp during the Belgian Revolution; Battle of Belgium, a 1940 battle conducted by German forces against a Belgian garrison during World War II. Battle of the Scheldt, a 1944 battle conducted by Allied forces against a German garrison during World War II.
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.
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 ...