Battle of Walcheren Causeway

Battle of Walcheren Causeway
Part of Battle of the Scheldt
Date 31 October 1944 – 2 November 1944 Location Walcheren Island, Scheldt estuary 51°30′11″N 3°42′18″E / 51.50306°N 3.70500°E / 51.50306; 3.70500 (Walcheren Island) Result Indecisive
Belligerents
Canada  United Kingdom	Germany
Commanders and leaders
William Jemmet Megill	Gustav-Adolf von Zangen
Units involved
52nd Infantry Division 5th Infantry Brigade	15th Army
Strength
unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
160 killed & wounded	60+ killed

The Battle of Walcheren Causeway (Operation Vitality) was an engagement of the Battle of the Scheldt between the 5th Canadian Infantry Brigade, elements of the British 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division and troops of the German 15th Army in 1944. It was the first of many conflicts on and around Walcheren Island during the Scheldt battles. It was also the second major battle fought over a terrain feature known as the Sloedam during the Second World War.