Breskens Pocket

Breskens Pocket
Part of the Western Front of 1944-45 in the European theatre of World War II
Breskens Pocket
Date 10 October - 3 November 1944 Location Breskens, Netherlands Result Canadian Victory
Belligerents
Canada	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Harry Crerar	Knut Eberding
Strength
Canadian First Army 3rd Canadian Division 4th Canadian Division	15th Army 64th Infantry Division
Casualties and losses
2,077 casualties[1]	12,707 casualties[1]

The Breskens Pocket was a pocket of fortified German resistance against the Canadian First Army in the Battle of the Scheldt during the Second World War. It was chiefly situated on the southern shore of the Scheldt estuary in the southern Netherlands, near the Belgian border. It was named after the town of Breskens, which was later freed from German occupation during Operation Switchback.^[2]