Battle of the Walcheren Causeway

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Battle_of_the_Walcheren_Causeway
GPTKB entity
Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties German: unknown
Allied: over 135 killed or wounded
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Canada
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:commander Brigadier James Jefferson
Generalleutnant Wilhelm Daser
gptkbp:conflict gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:date 31 October – 2 November 1944
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Walcheren_Island
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Battle of the Walcheren Causeway
gptkbp:location gptkb:Walcheren_Causeway,_Zeeland,_Netherlands
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:Royal_Engineers
gptkb:Gloucestershire_Regiment
gptkb:Black_Watch_(Royal_Highland_Regiment)_of_Canada
gptkb:Calgary_Highlanders
gptkb:Le_Régiment_de_Maisonneuve
gptkb:Canadian_2nd_Infantry_Division
gptkbp:objective secure access to the port of Antwerp
gptkbp:operator gptkb:Operation_Infatuate
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Battle_of_the_Scheldt
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Breskens_Pocket
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance opened the Scheldt estuary for Allied shipping
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Canadian_Army_Overseas
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7