Walcheren
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Montlaur pushed on in the Normandy campaign for more than two months and saw his last combat in November 1944, during an amphibious invasion of the heavily-guarded Dutch island of Walcheren.
From Fox News ● Mar. 20, 2019
When the canopy of clouds finally lifted, I understood what had drawn him back to Walcheren.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2012
Determined to see how the tiltometer worked, Michael joined the landing at Walcheren in November 1944, and was lucky to survive; both the landing craft were sunk.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 2, 2010
The last pin to the Antwerp gate was Walcheren Island, north of the Scheldt estuary that leads to Antwerp.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I have always maintained, and I always will maintain, that the Walcheren expedition, though not a success, was the proudest achievement of the British arms."
From Barrington Volume I (of II) by Charles James Lever
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