2 real historical locations · Netherlands
A Dutch Netflix film set during the Allied assault on the Scheldt estuary in Zeeland in 1944, following Dutch collaborators, resistance fighters, a British airborne soldier, and a German tank operator whose lives intersect during the deadly battle to open the port of Antwerp.
CinemaMapped has mapped 2 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Netherlands.
November 1944 — Allied forces assault the fortified island of Walcheren to open the port of Antwerp to supply ships.
The RAF deliberately bombed Walcheren's sea dikes, flooding 80% of the island to neutralise German defences. The amphibious assault on November 1, 1944 was one of the most difficult operations of the Northwest Europe ...
View location →The southern shore of the Scheldt estuary — five weeks of fighting by Canadian forces through flooded polders against the German 64th Division.
The Breskens Pocket was cleared by the Canadian 3rd Division against 12,000 German defenders dug into the dykes and flooded farmland. The battle lasted from October 6 to November 3, 1944. The Battle of the Scheldt is ...
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