Texel in WW2 History | World War II Database

21 Jun 1940

Netherlands

The small 844-ton Danish ship Alfa was torpedoed and sunk when 12 miles northwest of Eirland Light, Texel, Netherlands. ww2dbase [Start of the Battle of the Atlantic | Texel, Noord-Holland | HM]

6 Feb 1945

Netherlands

The Georgian Legion of the German Army arrived on the island of Texel, Netherlands. ww2dbase [Texel, Noord-Holland | CPC]

6 Apr 1945

Netherlands

On the Island of Texel off the Dutch coast, the Georgian troops serving as volunteers with the German army mutinied. Some 246 German troops were killed in their sleep by the Georgians (most of whom had originally been captured on the Eastern Front) and battle broke out which eventually results in about 800 Germans, about 500 Georgian and 117 Texel civilian fatalities. The fighting ended only when the Canadians arrived on 20 May 1945, two weeks after the end of the European war. ww2dbase [Georgian Texel Uprising | Texel, Noord-Holland | AC]

25 Apr 1945

Netherlands

Shalva Loladze was killed in combat on Texel, the Netherlands. ww2dbase [Shalva Loladze | Texel, Noord-Holland | CPC]

20 May 1945

Netherlands

Canadian troops landed on the island of Texel off the Dutch coast unopposed. ww2dbase [Georgian Texel Uprising | Texel, Noord-Holland | CPC]

19 Nov 1945

Photo(s) dated 19 Nov 1945

Georgian soldiers on Texel, the Netherlands, 19 Nov 1945

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Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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