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Episode 5: Retreat of the 15th Army In the fifth episode of Op Oorlogspad, historian Hans Sakkers and filmmaker Klaas van de Ketterij follow the retreat of the German 15th Army in September 1944. They reflect on the devastating bombardment of Breskens, which claimed hundreds of victims and reduced the city to rubble. They then visit the location of the military hospital in Vlissingen, where wounded people were cared for amid the chaos. The episode ends in Kruiningen, where the population was forced to leave their homes.