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.

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Veterans Affairs Canada

Category:Military history of Canada during World War II
Category:1944 in the Netherlands
Category:History of Zeeland
Category:Sluis