got the position a little out of focus. The battle was a decided victory, but the leading division, asking, quite rightly, for more, was given a chop. I have not been afflicted with any feeling of disappointment over this and am glad our commanders are capable of running this kind of risk." He said that the risks "...were justified by the great prize so nearly in our grasp" but acknowledged that "[c]learing the Scheldt Estuary and opening the port of Antwerp had been delayed for the sake of the Arnhem thrust. Thereafter it was given first priority." See also Rifleman Khan The Forgotten Battle (2020), a Dutch film about the Battle of the Scheldt Notes Footnotes References Further reading External links Canadians on the Scheldt Photos, battle information, video and more on the Canadian role in the battle. Testaments of Honor, The Scheldt Official digital collection of experiences from World War II. BBC, The Peoples War. War Amps of Canada Against All Odds, a documentary by Cliff Chadderton Liberation of the Netherlands at the online Canadian War Museum The Calgary Highlanders Includes detailed history section with maps and descriptions of key battles such as Hoogerheide, The Coffin, and the storming of Walcheren Causeway. Canadiansoldiers.com article on the battle, including maps and detailed information on German formations. Petty Officer Basil Woolf Royal Navy and his account of LCH.269 and the Battle for Walcheren The contribution of the Nr 2 Dutch Troop, Nr 10 Inter Allied Commando to Infatuate I and Infatuate II. Memoirs of Joe Brown of Peebles (Battles at Flushing and Middelburg). Military history of Canada during World War II Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine Battle of the Scheldt Battle of the Scheldt Military history of the Netherlands during World War II Battles and operations of World War II involving Belgium Battles of World War II involving Canada Amphibious operations involving Canada Battles and operations of World War II involving the Netherlands Battles and operations of World War II involving Norway Battles and operations of World War II involving Poland Scheldt Battle of the Scheldt Battle of the Scheldt Battle of the Scheldt October 1944 events November 1944 events Battles in Flanders Battle Battle Battle