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More on: www.omroepzeeland.nl/40-45 Only after 5 May 1945, when the whole of the Netherlands has been liberated, can the actual closing of the dikes on Walcheren begin. The work is tackled in a traditional way, but the strong current in the holes shows that these methods do not work here. A rigorous method is chosen: closing with caissons. Elsewhere in Zeeland, meanwhile, there are still many abandoned war materials. The stock of ammunition left here by the Germans is the cause of many tragic accidents. Black and white images alternate with stories from eyewitnesses.