Video - Royal Marine Commandos & Norwegian troops attacking Westkapelle, Walcheren
A film from the IWM collection; Unedited film of Marine commandos and Norwegian troops attacking Westkapelle, Walcheren.
The correct sequence is distorted but the film features:
1. LCTs at sea, with some enemy shellfire landing about them. Naval vessels in the background.
2. LCTs disembarking troops and armoured equipment.
3. Troops advancing through sand dunes towards a burning house, whence come Germans carrying a flag of surrender.
4. Sherman tanks in action in the town, and being reloaded from a tracked supply vehicle.
5. Soldiers advancing warily through the town. They pass a Churchill.
6. Troops dug in and advancing in mutual support through a sparse wood.
7. A Typhoon circling over a wood - strafing and rocket attack. 8. Columns of surrendered German troops - one smiles into the camera, a German delaying to pick up his kit is gestured at with a gun.
9. Local populace greeting soldiers and parading and hoisting the Belgian flag.
Other clips include: German notices warning of mines; a bunker called "Waldfrieden"; British troops relaxing and drinking from a water bottle; a soldier on a stretcher and one lying dead; armoured Red Cross vehicles; the Norwegian flag among troops' baggage, and rigged over a burnt-out vehicle; men with radio equipment; a Thompson SMG being field stripped; Bren gun firing; and a soldier firing and loading a captured Dreyse MG13.
See the original film here https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060021679
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