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Battle for the Kapelsche Veer

Battle for the Kapelsche Veer was a battle fought on 26 January 1945 in what is now Netherlands; it lasted 5 days. It was part of the Western Front, which ran from 1939 to 1945. The recorded result: Allied victory.

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Fought26 January 1945lasted 5 days
WhereNetherlands51.708N, 4.929E
OutcomeAllied victory
BelligerentsCanadaagainstNazi Germany
Casualties and losses300 casualtiesand103 killed, wounded or captured
Part ofWestern Front1939 to 1945

Where it sits in the Western Front

Siege of Fort Hegra, 1940Battle of France, 1940German invasion of Belgium, 1940Battle of Maastricht, 1940Battle of Sedan, 1940Battle of Boulogne, 1940Battle of Dunkirk, 1940Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal, 1940Siege of Lille, 1940Dunkirk evacuation, 1940Battle of Pont-de-l'Arche, 1940Battle of Lanzerath Ridge, 1944Operation Madelaine, 1944Battle of Moerbrugge, 1944Siege of Dunkirk, 1944Battle of Metz, 1944Battle of Opheusden, 1944Battle of Vianden, 1944Battle of Broekhuizen, 1944Losheim Gap, 1944Battle of Clervaux, 1944Siege of Bastogne, 1944Battle of St. Vith, 1944Operation Nordwind, 1944Operation Bodenplatte, 1945Battle of Bure, 1945Battle for the Kapelsche Veer, 1945Operation Blockbuster, 1945Battle of Würzburg, 1945Ruhr Pocket, 1945Battle of Hamburg, 194519401945Battle for the Kapelsche Veer, 1945
31 placed engagements of the Western Front in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date26 January 1945
to 31 January 1945
PlaceNetherlands
51.708N, 4.929E
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
StrengthThe Lincoln and Welland Regiment; The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada; The South Alberta Regimentsmall Fallschirmjäger garrison
Casualties and losses300 casualties103 killed, wounded or captured
Battle for the Kapelsche VeerBattle for the Kapelsche VeerSiege of GeertruidenbergCapture of GeertruidenbergSiege of Castle AltenaSiege of LoevesteinSiege of GorkumSiege of GeertruidenbergSiege of LoevesteinSiege of GorkumAmsterdamBrusselsThe HagueLilleCologneAntwerpenDüsseldorfBonn100 km51.708N, 4.929E
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between 1573 and 1945.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1945

Battle for the Kapelsche Veer is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 237 in present-day Netherlands.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2236703, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle for the Kapelsche Veer, revision 1370430695, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.