Battle of the Scheldt

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World War II battle military campaign

The Battle of the Scheldt was a major Allied campaign in late 1944 to clear German forces from the Scheldt estuary in the Netherlands and Belgium, enabling access to the crucial port of Antwerp during World War II.

Aliases (5)

Liberation of Antwerp ×2
Battle of the Scheldt hinterland ×1
Battle of the Scheldt support operations ×1
Scheldt Campaign ×1
Scheldt Estuary Campaign ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → military campaign →
alsoKnownAs	Scheldt Campaign → Scheldt Estuary Campaign →
associatedWith	port of Antwerp →
belligerent	Allies → Nazi Germany →
campaign	Allied liberation of the Low Countries →
casualties	heavy casualties on both sides →
commander	Gustav-Adolf von Zangen NERFINISHED → Guy Simonds → Harry Crerar →
conflict	World War II →
countryInvolved	Canada → Germany → Poland → United Kingdom → United States →
endDate	1944-11-08 →
followedBy	Allied advance into the Rhineland →
front	Allied advance from Normandy →
goal	clear German forces from the Scheldt estuary → open the port of Antwerp to Allied shipping →
involvedRegion	Breskens Pocket → South Beveland → Walcheren Island →
location	Belgium → Netherlands → Scheldt estuary →
notableFeature	amphibious assaults on Walcheren Island → fighting in flooded polder terrain →
notableUnit	15th Army (Wehrmacht) → 1st Polish Armoured Division → 2nd Canadian Corps → British Second Army → First Canadian Army →
operation	Operation Infatuate → Operation Switchback → Operation Vitality →
partOf	Western Front of World War II →
precededBy	Liberation of Antwerp →
primaryAttackingForce	First Canadian Army →
result	Allied victory →
startDate	1944-10-02 →
strategicImportance	control of sea access to Antwerp →
theatre	Northwest Europe →
year	1944 →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
21st Army Group → 3rd Canadian Infantry Division → British Second Army ("Liberation of Antwerp") → British Second Army ("Battle of the Scheldt support operations") →	operation
Battle of the Scheldt ("Scheldt Campaign") → Battle of the Scheldt ("Scheldt Estuary Campaign") →	alsoKnownAs
Liberation of Belgium ("Liberation of Antwerp") → Liberation of Belgium →	hasPart
2nd Canadian Armoured Brigade → 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division →	notableEngagement
First Canadian Army →	engagedIn
XXX Corps →	engagement
Nazi occupation of the Netherlands →	keyLiberationEvent
Canadian Army (pre‑1968) →	notableOperation
Liberation of the Netherlands →	significantEvent
North Brabant ("Battle of the Scheldt hinterland") →	WWIIEvent