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Liberation of Rennes, WW2
Part of Liberation of France

US advancement into Brittany in WW2
Date4 August 1944
Location
France Rennes, France
Result Allied victory. City is liberated and denazified
Belligerents

United StatesUnited States

Liberation of RennesFree France

Nazi GermanyNazi Germany

Liberation of RennesBezen Perrot
Commanders and leaders

United StatesGeorge Patton
United StatesJohn Shirley Wood
Liberation of RennesPierre Herbart

Liberation of RennesYves Milon

Nazi GermanyEugen König

Nazi GermanyPaul Hausser
Units involved

United States8th Infantry Division

Free FranceFrench Forces of the Interior
Nazi GermanyXXV Army Corps
Casualties and losses
  • At least 50 killed
  • 20 captured
  • At least 60 killed
  • At least 130 injured
  • 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.[1][2][3]

    1. ^ Pathé, British. "Liberation Of Rennes". www.britishpathe.com. Retrieved 2022-03-21.
    2. ^ "American Forces Liberate Rennes, France, August 1944".
    3. ^ Archives de Rennes https://www.archives.rennes.fr/galerie/galerie/images/65/n:332 (in French)

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