Inundation of Walcheren
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The Inundation of Walcheren was the intentional, but uncontrolled military inundation, effected by bombing the sea dikes of the former island of Walcheren in Zeeland by the Allies on and after 3 Octob
Aerial picture of the breach in the sea dike at Westkapelle after the 3 October 1944 bombardment.
Women in traditional Zeeland regional attire being transported across the inundated area
Closing the breach near Ritthem in February 1946
Minister Clement Attlee visiting inundated Walcheren in March 1945
North Sea flood of 1953
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The North Sea flood of 1953, also known as the Big Flood or East Coast Flood or as the Flood Disaster, was a flood caused by a heavy storm surge in the North Sea that struck low-lying coastal areas of
Inundation of Walcheren
…after that could rebuilding the infrastructure and reconstructing the housing stock and the island's economy start. Walcheren was spared during the North Sea Flood of 1953 that devastated many other parts of Zeeland. The rapid advance of the Allied armies in early September 1944 had created a logistics problem: the supply…
Aftermath of the flood in Oude-Tonge, Goeree-Overflakkee, Netherlands
Een dubbeltje op zijn kant ("A dubbeltje on its edge", meaning 'a narrow escape'), a sculpture by Roel Bendijk of de Twee Gebroeders in the Groenedijk. 'Dubbeltje' (lit. 'little double') was a thin, former Dutch coin
A breach at Erith after the 1953 flood
Blue plaque in Leigh-on-Sea commemorating the flood