campaign, interwar and Second World War
Antwerp X
Antwerp X was a campaign fought in 1944 at Antwerp, in what is now Belgium; it ran into the following year. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Antwerp. It was part of World War I, which ran from 1914 to 1918. The recorded result: Allied anti-aircraft defense substantially reduced the number of V-1 flying bombs reaching the Antwerp vital area.
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Where it sits in World War I
Record
| Date | 1944 (year precision) to 1945 | |
|---|---|---|
| Place | Antwerp, Belgium 51.221N, 4.400E | |
| Kind | Campaign, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | about 22,000 personnel | |
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Nearest engagements
- Siege of Antwerp 1814, 0.4 km S
- Fall of Antwerp 1584, 0.5 km S
- Siege of Antwerp 1832, 0.5 km S
- French Fury 1583, 0.5 km S
- Siege of Antwerp 1914, 0.7 km E
In the same war
Elsewhere in 1944
- Normandy landings France
- Battle of the Bulge France
- Operation Overlord France
- 20 July plot Poland
- Operation Bagration Belarus
Antwerp X is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 267 in present-day Belgium.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q139743028, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Antwerp X, revision 1378956895, read 2026-11-15, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.