Royal Marine and Norwegian commandos filmed advancing through sparse woodland while attacking attacking Westkapelle, Walcheren, in the Netherlands, November 1944. Film: IWM COI 495 | Imperial War Museum London

The liberation of the island of Walcheren started over land with an attack of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division on the German defenders of the causeway on 31 October 1944. The causeway of the Sloedam became the scene of heavy fighting. On 3 November in the afternoon the causeway finally fell into Allied hands. | Joël Stoppels Battlefield Tours