1938 'Salve Hospes' Grand Hotel Britannia Vlissingen Netherlands & Price List
Interesting history. The hotel was built in 1886. Used only during the summers, it was found impossible to make money. In 1923 it was bought by the 'Zeeland Steamboat Company'. The hotel was used in WW2 as the German headquarters with bunkers on each side. The allied troops destroyed the hotel and most of the troops once landed.
'On November 3, a violent final battle ignited. Units of the King’s own Scottish Borderers fought their way through the streets and to the northern part of the city, while No. 4 Commando and the 7th and 9th Royal Scots cleared the German resistance along the boulevards to the west and toward Hotel Britannia. Large parts of the landside of the hotel were flooded, making it difficult for the commandos to approach the hotel. With a final attack, the Royal Scots managed to take the hotel. At the battle of Hotel Britannia, eighteen Scots and fifty Germans lost their lives. Of the hotel, only ruins remained.'
Opens to approx 9 1/2 x 15 inches
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