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    The Canal through Walcheren in the Netherlands crosses the east of Walcheren. It connects the Westerschelde and the Veerse Meer. In the 15th and 16th century...
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    Inundation of Walcheren was the intentional, but uncontrolled military inundation, effected by bombing the sea dikes of the former island of Walcheren in Zeeland...
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    Scheldt (redirect from Canal de l'Escaut)
    Walcheren.[citation needed] The Scheldt is an important waterway, and has been made navigable from its mouth up to Cambrai. Above Cambrai, the Canal de...
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    canal and south of the Western Scheldt. Operation Vitality, the capture of the South Beveland peninsula, north of the Scheldt and east of Walcheren peninsula...
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    start. To that end a breach was made in the western levee of the Canal through Walcheren. This made it possible to slowly drain the main mass of water through...
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  • Oesterdam Oosterschelde Oosterscheldekering Philipsdam Rotterdam Scheldt Rhine Canal Veerse Gatdam Volkerakdam Seawater Western Scheldt Zandkreekdam Zeeland...
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  • FALAISE Falaise Road Forêt de la Londe Dunkirk, 1944 Antwerp–Turnhout Canal THE SCHELDT Woensdrecht South Beveland Walcheren Causeway THE RHINELAND The...
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    Leopold Canal (Operation Switchback). The third—Operation Vitality—was the capture of South Beveland. The final phase was the capture of Walcheren Island...
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    Vlissingen, Amsterdam (through the Amsterdam–Rhine Canal), and Ghent (through the Ghent–Terneuzen Canal). The land areas in the delta are protected from...
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    (together with Walcheren) to the mainland by a railway embankment in 1903 and to Noord-Beveland by the Delta Works. A shipping canal connecting the Belgian...
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    Bergse Maas (category Canals in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta)
    pronunciation: [ˈbɛr(ə)xsə ˈmaːs]; current spelling: Bergsche Maas) is a canal that was constructed in 1904 to be a branch of the river Maas (French: Meuse)...
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    Middelburg, Zeeland (category Walcheren)
    demolished in the 19th century to make way for a commercial canal that crosses Walcheren from Vlissingen to Veere. The medieval abbey is still in use...
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    been channelised to form the mouth of the Griftkanaal the Willemsvaart canal (east) at the city of Zwolle the Zwolle-IJsselkanaal (east) near Zwolle...
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    Oosterschelde Krammer Grevelingen Associated canals Scheldt–Rhine Canal Canal through Zuid-Beveland Canal through Walcheren Other rivers (directly draining into...
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    Bijlands Kanaal (category Canals in the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta)
    The Bijlands Kanaal (Bijland Canal) is a canal in the Dutch province of Gelderland, near the Dutch-German border. It is currently by far the most important...
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    Meije [nl] stream empties into the Oude Rijn. In Alphen aan den Rijn, the Aar Canal joins the river and the Gouwe branches off to the south. It then flows through...
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    Vlissingen (category Walcheren)
    construction of new docks and the Walcheren canal, the arrival of the railway and the establishment of the shipyard called De Schelde. The Second World War...
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  • safeguarding Antwerp and the Scheld canal had not been achieved, the battles that continued at Zuid-Beveland and Walcheren had only one objective; to cover...
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    Nieuwe Haven Canal of 1817. It got a shallower branch, the Arne Canal, to Arnemuiden. The construction of the costly Canal through Walcheren might have...
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    intersects with the Amsterdam-Rhine Canal, which continues south towards the Waal. A branch of this canal, the Lekkanaal (Lek Canal) is connected to the river...
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    the Afgedamde Maas and was connected to the Bergse Maas via the Heusden Canal to retain shipping between the Maas and Rhine. Floods of the waterway in...
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    Abraham van de Velde. Jansen died in 1982 at the age of 79 in Bussum. In October 1944, several dikes surrounding the Dutch island of Walcheren were deliberately...
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    rijkswaterstaat.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2024-02-10. "De voetveren en fietsveren over de Waal en de Merwede, het Rondje Pontje". www.weekendplanner.nl....
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    Nieuwe Waterweg (category Canals in the Netherlands)
    19139°E / 51.94194; 4.19139 The Nieuwe Waterweg ("New Waterway") is a ship canal in the Netherlands from het Scheur (a branch of the Rhine-Meuse-Scheldt...
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    missing and 325 wounded. No. 4 Commando remained at Walcheren until 14 November 1944, then moved to De Haan, Belgium, to rest and re-equip. They then moved...
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    plant use the eastern part of the river, mainly coming from the Wilhelmina Canal. Amer in foreground Cox, J. R.; Huismans, Y.; Knaake, S. M.; Leuven, J....
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    Battaille de Belgique 1940 Beauquesne Belgique Campagne D'Allemagne Campagne De Hollande Canal Albert Canal Albert-Kanne Canal De Terneuzen Canal de Wessem...
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    Zwijndrechtse Waard part of IJsselmonde. Showing nearest town: Waalbrug, Nijmegen. De Oversteek, Nijmegen. Tacitus Bridge [nl], Ewijk. Prince Willem-Alexander Bridge [nl]...
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    Aalst & De Jongh (2004). Honderd Jaar Bergse Maas (in Dutch). Pictures Publishing. ISBN 90 73187 50 8. Wols, Rien (2011). "De Uitvoering van de Maasmondingswerken"...
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    Flushing on Walcheren. This last ferry service still exists, but can only be used by pedestrians and cyclists nowadays. The Ghent–Terneuzen Canal passes through...
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