Battle of Walcheren Causeway

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World War II engagement battle

The Battle of Walcheren Causeway was a World War II engagement in late 1944 in which Canadian and British forces fought German defenders for control of the narrow causeway leading onto the heavily fortified Dutch island of Walcheren during the Battle of the Scheldt.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Battle of Walcheren Causeway canonical 3
Battle of Walcheren Causeway (1944) 2
Breskens Pocket 2

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II engagement ⓘ
battle ⓘ
attackers British forces ⓘ
Canadian forces ⓘ
belligerent Canada ⓘ
Nazi Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
campaign Battle of the Scheldt ⓘ
surface form: Scheldt campaign
characteristic fought over a narrow causeway ⓘ
intense infantry combat ⓘ
strong German defensive positions ⓘ
combatant British Army ⓘ
Canadian Army ⓘ
German Army ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
countryInvolved Germany ⓘ
Netherlands ⓘ
date late 1944 ⓘ
defenders German forces ⓘ
era 20th century ⓘ
front North-West Europe campaign ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Europe campaign
geographicalFeature causeway ⓘ
location Netherlands ⓘ
Walcheren Causeway ⓘ
Walcheren Island ⓘ
Zeeland ⓘ
militaryBranchInvolved First Canadian Army ⓘ
objective capture of the Walcheren causeway ⓘ
Walcheren Island ⓘ
surface form: gain access to Walcheren Island
partOf Allied operations to open the Scheldt estuary ⓘ
Battle of the Scheldt ⓘ
region Dutch province of Zeeland ⓘ
relatedTo Siege of Antwerp ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Antwerp

Battle of Walcheren Causeway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Walcheren
result Allied tactical success ⓘ
German forces withdrew from the causeway ⓘ
significance contributed to opening Antwerp to Allied shipping ⓘ
strategicContext opening the Scheldt estuary to Allied shipping ⓘ
strategicObjective secure approaches to the port of Antwerp ⓘ
theater Western Front ⓘ
typeOfEngagement assault on fortified position ⓘ
year 1944 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Walcheren → wasSiteOf → Battle of Walcheren Causeway ⓘ
Battle of the Scheldt → involvedRegion → Battle of Walcheren Causeway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Breskens Pocket
Walcheren 1944 → hasPart → Battle of Walcheren Causeway ⓘ
Operation Infatuate → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Walcheren Causeway ⓘ
Battle of Walcheren Causeway → relatedTo → Battle of Walcheren Causeway self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Walcheren
Walcheren Island → wasSiteOf → Battle of Walcheren Causeway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Walcheren (1809)
Walcheren Island → wasSiteOf → Battle of Walcheren Causeway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Walcheren Causeway (1944)
island of Walcheren → historicalEvent → Battle of Walcheren Causeway ⓘ
subject surface form: Walcheren
this entity surface form: Battle of Walcheren Causeway (1944)
Operation Switchback → location → Battle of Walcheren Causeway ⓘ
this entity surface form: Breskens Pocket