Episode 23 - Where Hell Is: The Leopold and Scheldt
The Allies had liberated Antwerp, the world’s largest deep-water port, but it could only be accessed via the Scheldt Estuary, the perfect place for the Germans to make a stand.
The Allies liberated Antwerp, the world’s largest deep-water port, on 4 September 1944, but it could only be accessed via the Scheldt Estuary, the perfect place for the Germans to make a stand.
From 2 October to 8 November, the Canadian army fought a vicious, waterlogged campaign to clear the Scheldt. The first Allied vessel entered Antwerp on 29 November 1944, but the liberation of the Netherlands awaited the new year.
