Het verjaagde water, de getijbeweging op Walcheren en de caissonsluitingen in 1945/1946

Because of the allied bombing of Walcheren in 1944 the island suffered from a number of breaches. These breaches were closed in the period 1944-1945. The closures have been described by A. den Doolaard in his novel "Het Verjaagde Water". For the closure Phoenix caissons have been used from the Mulberry harbours build during the allied landings...