Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Saurin ci gaba da sojojin Allied a farkon Satumba 1944 ya haifar da matsala ta kayan aiki: hanyoyin samar da kayayyaki daga tashar jiragen ruwa da aka yi a Normandy zuwa gaba sun yi tsayi sosai. Amfani da tashar jiragen ruwa ta Antwerp zai magance wannan matsalar, amma bayan 'yanci na Allied
na wannan birni a ranar 3 zuwa 4 ga Satumba 1944, bankunan bakin kogin Scheldt har yanzu suna hannun sojojin Jamus, suna ba su damar toshe jigilar kayayyaki zuwa Antwerp. Musamman tsohuwar tsibirin Walcheren, a bakin yammacin Scheldt ya zama sansanin soja, yana cike da batutuwan da ke bakin teku waɗanda ke sarrafa hanyoyin teku. Wannan kuma ya sa share filayen ma'adinai da Jamusawa suka shuka a cikin tashar jirgin ruwa zuwa Antwerp ta masu share ma'adinai ba zai yiwu ba. Don haka share Walcheren ya zama larurar soja.