Vlissingen
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Vlissingen, historically known in English as Flushing, is a municipality and a city in the southwestern Netherlands on the former island of Walcheren. With its strategic location between the Scheldt river and the North Sea, Vlissingen has been an important harbour for centuries. It was granted city rights in 1315. In the 17th century Vlissingen was a main harbour for ships of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). It is also known as the birthplace of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
Image: Boulevard Vlissingen
Image: Vlissingen harbour
Image: Muzeeum
Image: Sint Jacobskerk (Vlissingen)5a
No. 4 Commando
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No. 4 Commando was a battalion-sized British Army commando unit, formed in 1940 early in the Second World War. Although it was raised to conduct small-scale raids and harass garrisons along the coast of German occupied France, it was mainly employed as a highly trained infantry assault unit.
No. 4 Commando after a raid on France, April 1942.
Commandos watching the fish oil tanks burn.
Major Lord Lovat, giving orders before setting out on Operation Abercrombie 21 April 1942.
Landing craft of No 4 Commando running in to land at Orange one beach, on the right flank of the main assault at Dieppe.