Tug of War - the Canadian Victory That Opened Antwerp

By Denis Whitaker and Shelagh Whitaker

Antwerp, Leopold Canal, Woensdrecht, Breskens Pocket, Walcheren Island -- these place names live on in the memories of World War Two veterans of Canadian infantry and armoured divisions who fought in the mud and wet against an unbending enemy. It was 1944 and the Canadian army, with divisions from the U.K., U.S., and Poland, had been given the difficult tasks of liberating the port of Antwerp and clearing both banks of the Scheldt River, which leads into Antwerp. The bitter Battle of the scheldt lasted 86 days, and took the lives of more than 12,000 Allied soldiers. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773732268
• ISBN13: 9780773732261
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Stoddart
• Length: 470 Pages
• Weight: 2.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

A well-written, comprehensive history of a forgotten war

Denis Whitaker was there on the sodden polders of Zeeland. He remembers the brutal battle to save the Dutch in their own land. He and the many Allied troops fought valiantly against the Germans to open up Antwerp to deliver the much-needed supplies. This big book, full of maps, is bursting with first-hand accounts in a first-rate narrative.