Operation Infatuate II: Sherman tanks at Westkapelle

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Great photos, gentlemen.

Here’s another one, not of vehicles but an aerial photo of Westkapelle, taken in January 1946. The devastation can be clearly seen, as can the new dyke which is situated much further inland. It bulges inwards where it used to bulge out to sea.

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Westkapelle 1946 01 19

Op deze luchtfoto, gemaakt in 1946, kort na de sluiting van het dijkgat, is goed te zien hoe de kreek zich door de inundatie en de dijkherstelwerkzaamheden heeft gevormd.
De noordoever van de kreek, later een gewilde bouwlocatie aan de De Casembrootstraat, is nog een woeste zandvlakte.
Het dorp zelf ligt nog in puin.
Het vooroorlogse stratenpatroon is nog duidelijk zichtbaar.

Fotograaf:
Collectie: SCW
Tekst: Jan Kaland
http://westkapelle-beeldbank.nl/

[Jakko Westerbeke]

For a really good comparison, try the Topotijdreis site (the name means “Topo(graphical) time travel”). That link will take you to a map of Westkapelle before the war; now click on any year after the war in the vertical blue bar on the left.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Jakko Westerbeke

For a really good comparison, try the Topotijdreis site (the name means “Topo(graphical) time travel”). That link will take you to a map of Westkapelle before the war; now click on any year after the war in the vertical blue bar on the left.

Good visualisation - see https://www.topotijdreis.nl/vergelij...9,394412,10.53

Not many people realise that the beach and the inland lake are very much traces of war - or better: "scars of war"

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[Jakko Westerbeke]

Another photo of T148656 I have never seen before, by the looks of it when it was outside the war museum in the late 1940s/early 1950s before it got partly cut up:

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(With thanks to Ivo of the Polderhuis museum, who saw this posted on Facebook.)

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Jakko Westerbeke

Another photo of T148656 I have never seen before, by the looks of it when it was outside the war museum in the late 1940s/early 1950s before it got partly cut up:
(With thanks to Ivo of the Polderhuis museum, who saw this posted on Facebook.)

Nice find!

[Jakko Westerbeke]

Two more that are new to me:

Dandy Dinmont ca. 1948 (Kroon, G.S.:ZB Beeldbank Zeeland:186802).jpg
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De Tank eind jaren 40 (Kroon, G.S.:ZB Beeldbank Zeeland:186803).jpg
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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Jakko Westerbeke

Two more that are new to me:

Refresher

http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...581#post281581