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The Battle of the Scheldt in World War II was a series of military operations to open up the Scheldt river between Antwerp and the North Sea for shipping, so that Antwerp's port could be used to supply the Allies in north-west Europe.
20 kwi 2015 · The port could handle 1,000 ships at a time weighing up to 19,000 tons each. Antwerp had 10 square miles of docks, 20 miles of water front, and 600 cranes. Senior Allied commanders counted on Antwerp handing 40,000 tons of supplies a day – when it was captured.
The port of Antwerp, the channel to it and the Scheldt estuary played a key role in the Allies’ military plans. They hoped to import troops and supplies through Antwerp, instead of through the smaller French ports.
Comprising a succession of collaborative operations between British and Canadian Forces, the securing of the port of Antwerp and its Scheldt Estuary provided a crucial logistical platform from...
10 paź 2022 · Antwerp, the second-largest European port, was captured by the British 11 th Armoured Regiment on September 4 th, 1944. 90% of Antwerp’s facilities were still intact. The battle of the Scheldt meant the Allies could open the sea lanes into The Netherlands and Belgium.
It is no coincidence that the Allies advanced on Antwerp so quickly. The port was their main priority. The resistance groups that operated in and around the port shared their concern, carefully monitoring German activities in the port in the last weeks and months of the summer of 1944.
30 sty 2006 · In September 1944 the port of Antwerp was captured by the Allies intact as the Germans retreated north, approximately 30 kilometres, to the Dutch border. To the east of Antwerp the Germans...
