Drawings | Sea view of Flushing by night | 4^th Command

After the landing in Normandy in June 1944, the Allies rapidly advanced to the Dutch border. In September they liberated the southern provinces of the Netherlands.

In the course of the battle of Arnhem they also tried to liberate the northern part of the Netherlands. This mission failed. That resulted in the fact that the clearance of the Western Scheldt, the fairway to Antwerp, was crucial for the progress of the Allies.

The clearance of the estuary of the river Scheldt is more familiar known as the Battle of the Scheldt. On the 1^st of November a landing was carried out from sea onto the shore of Flushing, code named Operation Infatuate I. The code name for the landing beach was Uncle Beach.

To recognize the coastline of Flushing and certain conspicuous points in the night, this silhouette drawing was used during the landing. This drawing of the Flushing coastline was made on the request of the British intelligence officer K. G. Wright, and served as directions for the command unit that attacked the city.

The original drawing is displayed in the museum!