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18 June 1940
- The city has been captured since 18 June 1940 by German troops without resistance, after the France's defeat in the Battle of France.
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The liberation of Rennes, along with its surrounding settlements, took place on 4 August 1944 by the joint action of the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) and the 8th Infantry Division of the United States Army led by General Georges S. Patton, ending four years of capture of the city by the Nazi Germans as part of the liberation of Brittany.
- 4 August 1944
- Rennes, France
In 1491, the French army of Charles VIII, led by General Louis II de la Trémoille, unsuccessfully attacked Rennes. Mass graves of people who have died during the siege were discovered in 2021. Brittany having already capitulated elsewhere, Rennes alone resisted.
Rennes captured; 4th U.S. Armored Division cuts off Brest peninsula; German forces withdraw from Villers-Bocage, Aunay and Evrecy. 6th August 1944 The 43rd Infantry Division assaults Mont Pincon, which is captured by a few tanks from the 13th/18th Hussars and secured by the 4th Bn.
15 June 2005. Sapper Bill Harvey worked in ‘The Plant’ in Doncaster and was part of the first unit to go to France with the BEF in September 1939. The Dunkirk beackes had been captured two...
The liberation of Rennes, along with its surrounding settlements, took place on 4 August 1944 by the joint action of the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) and the 8th Infantry Division of the United States Army led by General Georges S. Patton, ending four years of capture of the city by the Nazi Germans as part of the liberation of Brittany.
- 4 August 1944
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- Rennes, France
Sep 18, 2015 · Trémoille captured Châteaubriant, Ancenis and then Fougères which was believed to be impregnable. On July 28, Trémoille won a conclusive victory at Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier. Louis of Orléans was captured along with many Bretons.
Rennes is only 60 ni|iles from the great U boat base of St. Nazaire, and 88 miles from Lorient. The capture of St. Nazaire and Nantes would close the Breton Peninsula. British forces are officially stated to have entered the town of Vire, where fighting is taking place.
