21 Jun 1940
Netherlands
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
Netherlands
- The Georgian Legion of the German Army arrived on the island of Texel, Netherlands. ww2dbase [Texel, Noord-Holland | CPC]
6 Apr 1945
Netherlands
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
Netherlands
- Shalva Loladze was killed in combat on Texel, the Netherlands. ww2dbase [Shalva Loladze | Texel, Noord-Holland | CPC]
20 May 1945
Netherlands
Netherlands
- Canadian troops landed on the island of Texel off the Dutch coast unopposed. ww2dbase [Georgian Texel Uprising | Texel, Noord-Holland | CPC]
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