Operation Infatuate

Operation Infatuate
Part of the Battle of the Scheldt

British assault troops on Walcheren advancing along the waterfront near Flushing with shells bursting ahead - 1 November 1944.
Date1–8 November 1944
Location51°30′11″N 3°42′18″E / 51.50306°N 3.70500°E / 51.50306; 3.70500 (Walcheren Island)
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom
 Canada
 Norway
 France
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Germany
Commanders and leaders
United Kingdom Bertram Ramsay
Canada Guy Simonds
Nazi Germany Gustav-Adolf von Zangen
Nazi Germany Wilhelm Daser[1]
Units involved
United Kingdom 4th Special Service Brigade
United Kingdom 52nd (Lowland) Division
Canada 2nd Canadian Infantry Division
Nazi Germany German 15th Army
Strength
3,082 Canadians, French (commando KIEFFER) and Royal Marines 5,000 troops
Casualties and losses
1473 casualties
including 489 killed,
925 wounded,
59 missing
1,200 killed and wounded
2,900 captured

Operation Infatuate was the code name given to an Anglo-Canadian operation in November 1944 during the Second World War to open the port of Antwerp to shipping and relieve logistical constraints. The operation was part of the wider Battle of the Scheldt and involved two assault landings from the sea by the 4th Special Service Brigade and the 52nd (Lowland) Division. Meanwhile, the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division would force a crossing of the Walcheren Causeway.

  1. ^ "Wilhelm Daser".

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