Breskens Pocket

Fortified German resistance in WWII

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Liberation of the Netherlands

* Market Garden
* Joe's Bridge
* Nijmegen
* 1st Arnhem
* Berlin
* Pegasus
* Nijmegen salient
* Scheldt
* Breskens
* Walcheren
* Infatuate
* Overloon
* Putten
* Pheasant
* Broekhuizen
* Blackcock
* Kapelsche Veer
* Texel
* Amherst
* Keystone
* 2nd Arnhem
* Groningen
* Otterloo
* Manna & Chowhound

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Chronology of the liberation

Map of the Breskens pocket

The Breskens Pocket was a pocket of fortified German resistance against the Canadian First Army in the Battle of the Scheldt during the Second World War. It was chiefly situated on the southern shore of the Scheldt estuary in the southern Netherlands, near the Belgian border. It was named after the town of Breskens, which was later freed from German occupation during Operation Switchback.

## Order Of Battle[edit]

### Allied Forces[edit]

Canadian First Army

* 3rd Canadian Division
* 4th Canadian Division

### Axis Forces[edit]

15th Army (Wehrmacht)

* 64th Infantry Division

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## External links[edit]

* Veterans Affairs Canada

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