Georgian uprising on Texel

Uprising on Texel
	Part of the Western Front of 1944-45 in the European theatre of World War II
	; Georgian military cemetery on Texel
Date	5 April 1945 – 20 May 1945
Location	Texel, Netherlands
Result	Ceasefire Uprising quelled; Canadian-mediated surrender of German forces;
Belligerents
Georgian Legion; Dutch resistance Canada	Germany
Commanders and leaders
Shalva Loladze †; W.N. Kelder	Klaus Breitner
Casualties and losses
565+ Georgians killed; 120 Texel Dutch killed	812+ Germans killed

The Georgian uprising on Texel (Dutch: Opstand der Georgiërs) (5 April 1945 – 20 May 1945) was an insurrection by the 882nd Infantry Battalion Königin Tamara (Queen Tamar or Tamara) of the Georgian Legion of the German Army stationed on the German-occupied Dutch island of Texel (pronounced Tessel). The battalion was made up of 800 Georgians and 400 Germans, with mainly German officers. It was one of the last battles in the European theatre.^[1]^[2]

^ BBC "Coast" programme, 19 October 2012
^ Zaloga, Steven J (2011). The Atlantic Wall (2): Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway. Osprey Publishing. p. 57. ISBN 978-1780961453.

[1] BBC "Coast" programme, 19 October 2012

[2] Zaloga, Steven J (2011). The Atlantic Wall (2): Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark and Norway. Osprey Publishing. p. 57. ISBN 978-1780961453.

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