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The Battle of the Scheldt 1944

The Battle of the Scheldt 1944 With Tobias van Gelt Part of our Battle of the Scheldt series    • Battle of the Scheldt 1944 (Walcheren and ...   And our Battles for Netherlands, Belgium and Germany series    • Battles for Netherlands, Belgium and Germany   Also part of our 80th Anniversary Series    • 80th Anniversary Special   The Battle of the Scheldt is one of the largest military operations on Dutch territory. Yet this battle is relatively unknown, especially outside Zeeland and West Brabant. In today's show, we invite a historian from the Netherlands to offer a Dutch perspective of this pivotal battle. On 4 September 1944, the port installations of Antwerp fall into Allied hands virtually undamaged. Due to major logistical problems after the rapid advance from Normandy, this is a huge stroke of luck for the Allies. But as long as German guns in the Scheldt estuary control access to the port city, they have no use for possession of the ports. Hitler recognises the strategic importance and orders his troops in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen and Walcheren to hold out to the last man. The consequences of the war violence are disastrous. More than five thousand soldiers and civilians do not survive the Battle of the Scheldt, thousands are wounded and entire villages and landscapes are destroyed. The Canadians experience the victory as a 'Terrible Victory' and the fighting in the southwest of the Netherlands as the bloodiest of their campaign in Western Europe. Tobias van Gent is a Dutch historian and politician, who also served as a Member of Parliament. He is currently working at University College Roosevelt in Middelburg as a professor in history and political sciences. https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/slag-om-d... https://www.amazon.nl/-/en/Tobias-van... You can become a YouTube Member and support us here    / @ww2tv   You can become a Patron here   / ww2tv   Please click subscribe for updates also "like" the video - it really helps! Social Media links -   / ww2tv     / ww2tv     / ww2tv   WW2TV Merchandise https://ww2tv.creator-spring.com/ WW2TV Bookshop - where you can purchase copies of books featured in my YouTube shows. Any book listed here comes with the personal recommendation of Paul Woodadge, the host of WW2TV. For full disclosure, if you do buy a book through a link from this page WW2TV will earn a commission. UK - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV USA - https://bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV Patreon Brigadiers: Susan Yu, David Keahey and Tom Mullen Become a WW2TV Brigadier and become part of this Hall of Fame   / ww2tv