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    Walcheren (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʋɑlxərə(n)] ) is a region and former island in the Dutch province of Zeeland at the mouth of the Scheldt estuary. It...
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    War of the Fifth Coalition: Walcheren Campaign 200km 125miles Walcheren 1    The Walcheren Campaign ([ˈʋɑlxərə(n)] WAHL-khə-rən) was an unsuccessful British...
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  • The Battle of Walcheren Causeway (Operation Vitality) was an engagement of the Battle of the Scheldt between the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade, elements...
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    Meanwhile, the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division would force a crossing of the Walcheren Causeway. The city of Antwerp and its port was captured by British 2nd...
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    Waanders. ISBN 90 400 8830 6. Retrieved 23 April 2022. "Serooskerke (Walcheren)". Plaatsengids (in Dutch). Retrieved 23 April 2022. Ad van der Meer and...
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    Inundation of Walcheren was the intentional, but uncontrolled military inundation, effected by bombing the sea dikes of the former island of Walcheren in Zeeland...
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    devastated by the Battle of the Scheldt and the Walcheren Landings, which brought about the Inundation of Walcheren, between British and Canadian forces, and...
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    former municipality in the Dutch province of Zeeland, on the peninsula of Walcheren. Valkenisse was created in 1966 in a merger of Biggekerke, Koudekerke...
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    with its harbour 90% intact. However, the Germans had heavily fortified Walcheren peninsula at the mouth of the Western Scheldt, establishing well dug-in...
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    The Canal through Walcheren in the Netherlands crosses the east of Walcheren. It connects the Westerschelde and the Veerse Meer. In the 15th and 16th century...
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