The 70th Anniversary of Operation Infatuate - Walcheren November 1st to 8th 1944 In Operation Infatuate, the final battle for Walcheren, Royal Navy Beach Commando L and elements of J commando supported 4 Commando Brigade and the 52nd Lowland Division. Just prior to the operation Admiral Ramsay told some of the officers taking part, “The battle you are about to engage in is at this moment the most important operation in the war.” The operation had two distinct halves, Infatuate I which was the attack on Flushing by No.4 Army Commando followed up by the 52nd Lowland Division with L3 section of RNBC L and elements of RNBC J and Infatuate II which was the attack on Westkapelle by the remaining three Royal Marine Commandos 41, 47 and 48 of 4 Commando Brigade with L1 and L2 of RNBC L manning the beachhead. The attack on Weskapelle is also notable for the valiant self-sacrifice of the Support Squadron Eastern Flank, who engaged the German coastal guns in a one-sided duel drawing fire away from the landing craft carrying the commandos and amphibious assault vehicles. Royal Marines Museum - Online Walcheren Exhibition royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk/walcheren-exhibition The Battle for Antwerp – The Liberation of the City and the Opening of the Scheldt by Major General J.L. Moulton RM, who was CO of 48 Commando RM during the assault, covers the battle in detail as well as putting it into context.
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