Attack on the Scheldt 1944: The Struggle for Antwerp 1944

Historian Joseph Schram will lead our discussion of Attack on the Scheldt 1944, by Graham A. Thomas, which is about a brutal, five-week Allied campaign to clear German forces from the Scheldt estuary, unlocking the vital port of Antwerp. Led by the First Canadian Army, alongside British and Polish troops, the grueling operation involved fighting through flooded, mud-soaked terrain, culminating in an Allied victory on November 8, 1944. The opening of the Antwerp port complex was essential for the sustainment of the Allied campaign into Germany and the final victory.