battle, interwar and Second World War
Battle of Otterlo
Battle of Otterlo was a battle fought on 17 April 1945 at Otterlo, in what is now Netherlands. The recorded result: Allied victory. Recorded strength: 200 against 1,000.
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Record
| Date | 17 April 1945 | |
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| Place | Otterlo, Netherlands 52.100N, 5.767E | |
| Kind | Battle, interwar and Second World War | |
| Strength | 200 | 1,000 |
| Casualties and losses | 17 Canadians killed; 6 British killed | 150–200 killed; 4 civilians killed |
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Nearest engagements
- Wolfheze raid 1943, 11 km S
- Operation Pegasus 1944, 14 km S
- Battle of Arnhem 1944, 16 km SE
- Liberation of Arnhem 1945, 16 km SE
- Battle of Arnhem 1813, 17 km SE
Elsewhere in 1945
- atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan
- Battle of Berlin Germany
- Battle of Iwo Jima Japan
- Battle of Okinawa Japan
- Bombing of Dresden Germany
Battle of Otterlo is one of 4,429 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 277 in present-day Netherlands.
Sources
Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1966890, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Otterlo, revision 1380467737, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.