Breskens Pocket

Breskens Pocket
Part of the Western Front of 1944-45 in the European theatre of World War II

Breskens Pocket
Date10 October - 3 November 1944
Location
Breskens, Netherlands
Result Canadian Victory
Belligerents
 Canada  Germany
Commanders and leaders
Canada Harry Crerar Nazi Germany Knut Eberding
Strength

Canadian First Army

15th Army

Casualties and losses
2,077 casualties[1] 12,707 casualties[1]

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.[2]

  1. ^ a b https://www.canadiansoldiers.com/history/battlehonours/northwesteurope/breskenspocket.htm [bare URL]
  2. ^ "Canadian Participation in the World War II Battle to Win the Breskens Pocket: Army, Part 35". March 2001.