Battle of the Scheldt Estuary

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties	Allied: over 12,000 German: over 12,000
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Nazi_Germany gptkb:Allies
gptkbp:commander	gptkb:Gustav-Adolf_von_Zangen gptkb:Guy_Simonds
gptkbp:endDate	1944-11-08
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Rhineland_Campaign
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Battle of the Scheldt Estuary
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Scheldt_estuary gptkb:Belgium gptkb:Netherlands
gptkbp:notableEvent	flooding of Walcheren Island Walcheren Causeway battle
gptkbp:notablePlace	gptkb:Antwerp gptkb:Flanders gptkb:Bergen_op_Zoom gptkb:Oostburg gptkb:Sas_van_Gent gptkb:Terneuzen gptkb:Vlissingen gptkb:Scheldt_River gptkb:Zuid-Beveland gptkb:Westerschelde gptkb:North_Brabant gptkb:Zeeland gptkb:Knokke-Heist gptkb:South_Beveland gptkb:Walcheren_Island Breskens Pocket
gptkbp:notableUnit	gptkb:Royal_Air_Force gptkb:Royal_Navy gptkb:3rd_Canadian_Infantry_Division gptkb:Polish_1st_Armoured_Division gptkb:German_15th_Army gptkb:4th_Canadian_Armoured_Division gptkb:British_52nd_(Lowland)_Infantry_Division gptkb:2nd_Canadian_Infantry_Division gptkb:First_Canadian_Army
gptkbp:objective	clear the Scheldt estuary for Allied shipping
gptkbp:operator	gptkb:Operation_Switchback gptkb:Operation_Infatuate gptkb:Operation_Vitality
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Battle_of_Antwerp
gptkbp:result	Allied victory
gptkbp:significance	opened the port of Antwerp to Allied shipping
gptkbp:startDate	1944-10-02
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Canadian_Army_Overseas
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7