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Battle of the Afsluitdijk
The Battle of the Afsluitdijk was an unsuccessful attempt by the German Army to seize the Afsluitdijk in May 1940, during World War II. If the Germans had taken the dyke, they could have taken North Holland from its north. The Dutch troops were led by Captain Christiaan Boers and the Germans by General Kurt Feldt.
==Fortifications and preparations==
Germany invaded the Netherlands on 10 May 1940 as part of plan ''Fall Gelb''. They rapidly crossed two thin defence lines, the O-line and the Q-line which the Dutch had built to defend their three northern provinces.
The German 1. ''Kavalleriedivision''—later reformed to the 24. ''Panzerdivision''—had taken the last Dutch defences in front of the Afsluitdijk (Wonsline) on 12 May and was prepared for an assault to take the two lines of pillboxes or casemates of Fort Kornwerderzand (named after a hamlet near the dyke). The eastern line was for defence eastward, while the western line was just behind the first for threats from the rear. Altogether, 17 casemates had been built. They were designed to withstand rounds (direct fire), and rounds (indirect fire). The three main casemates were made of of reinforced concrete. The casemates sheltered 230 men, twenty-one s, three guns and a 50 mm shore-based naval gun. There were similar defences at the other end of the dyke.
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