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At the beginning of September 1944 the British 11th Armoured Division captured the port of Antwerp with its dock facilities intact. Its use however was delayed by the Germans retaining control of the approaches to it.

If the Allies had been able to take control of the Scheldt Estuary as well as the port, and had been able to immediately start using it, what effect would this have had on the supply situation and what would this do for the Western Allied advance?


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