Breskens Pocket

Breskens Pocket
	Part of the Western Front of 1944-45 in the European theatre of World War II
	; Breskens Pocket
Date	10 October - 3 November 1944
Location	Breskens, Netherlands
Result	Canadian Victory
Belligerents
Canada	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Harry Crerar	Knut Eberding
Strength
Canadian First Army; 3rd Canadian Division; 4th Canadian Division;	15th Army 64th Infantry Division;
Casualties and losses
2,077 casualties	12,707 casualties

The Breskens Pocket was a pocket of fortified German resistance against the

Operation Switchback.^[2]

Order Of Battle

Allied Forces

Canadian First Army

Axis Forces

15th Army (Wehrmacht)

64th Infantry Division

Aftermath

An intelligence summary by

Western Desert Campaign. Canadian General Harry Crerar reportedly hated the term, though it was meant as a tribute to their success in amphibious operations in Normandy and the Scheldt

.

References

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

External links

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[2] "Canadian Participation in the World War II Battle to Win the Breskens Pocket: Army, Part 35". March 2001.

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