Battle of Broekhuizen

Battle of Broekhuizen
Part of the Western Front of World War II
Date27–30 November 1944
Location
Broekhuizen, Netherlands
51°29′7″N 6°9′48″E / 51.48528°N 6.16333°E / 51.48528; 6.16333
Result British victory
Belligerents
 United Kingdom  Germany
Strength
300 200
Casualties and losses
43 killed
140 wounded		 17–60 killed
139 captured

The Battle of Broekhuizen, a Dutch village near the Meuse, was a small but bloody battle which took place late in 1944 as part of the Allied campaign to liberate the left bank of the Meuse in the Netherlands (Peel marshes).

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