The battle of the Scheldt took place in northern Belgium and the southwest of Holland. In the fall of 1944, the Canadian 1st Army tried to secure the ports in Antwerp, but faced heavy resistance.

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The Wehrmacht destroyed dykes and let water flood low ground, forcing the Allies to attack through narrow routes or to make amphibious assaults. Canadians attacked from north of the Scheldt, and took the entrance to South Beveland. Along the Scheldt’s southern shore, Canadians fought for control of a bridgehead, and on October 9, an amphibious assault took the canal and secured the bridgehead.

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On October 24, Canadians started the third phase of the attack. An amphibious attack flanked German defenses in the west, and allowed for an attack to take the canal. For the last phase of the attack, Canadians attacked Walcheren Island from three directions and after a struggle, managed to take the island.