Antwerp was liberated on 4 September 1944, but no ship reached its docks until 28 November. The Battle of the Scheldt, fought mainly by the First Canadian Army, cost 12,873 casualties to open the river.
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The MAS in Antwerp stacks its history ten boxes high
The Museum aan de Stroom opened on the Eilandje in 2011: a 60-metre tower of red Indian sandstone holding more than 600,000 objects. Its best part costs nothing.