Liberation of Brittany

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The Liberation of Brittany was a World War II campaign in August 1944 during which Allied forces, notably Patton’s Third Army, drove German troops from the Brittany peninsula and secured its vital ports.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Brittany campaign 2
Liberation of Brittany canonical 2
Defense of Brittany 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II campaign ⓘ
military campaign ⓘ
belligerent Allied forces ⓘ
German Army ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
capturedPlace Brest ⓘ
Dinard ⓘ
Lannion ⓘ
Lorient (encircled and isolated) ⓘ
Quimper ⓘ
Rennes ⓘ
Saint-Malo ⓘ
Saint-Nazaire (encircled and isolated) ⓘ
linked to: Saint-Nazaire

Vannes ⓘ
commandedBy George S. Patton ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country France ⓘ
endDate 1944-09 ⓘ
followedBy Allied advance toward the Seine ⓘ
reduction of German Atlantic pockets in France ⓘ
involvedMilitaryUnit Free French Forces ⓘ
French Resistance in Brittany ⓘ
linked to: French Resistance

U.S. 4th Armored Division ⓘ
U.S. 6th Armored Division ⓘ
U.S. 83rd Infantry Division ⓘ
U.S. 94th Infantry Division ⓘ
VIII Corps (United States) ⓘ
XX Corps (United States) ⓘ
linked to: XX Corps
location Brittany ⓘ
Brittany peninsula ⓘ
linked to: Brittany
notableEvent encirclement of Lorient pocket ⓘ
encirclement of Saint-Nazaire pocket ⓘ
siege and fall of Brest in September 1944 ⓘ
objective capture major Breton ports for Allied logistics ⓘ
drive German forces from Brittany ⓘ
secure ports on the Brittany coast ⓘ
opponent Nazi Germany ⓘ
partOf Allied liberation of France ⓘ
Western Front of World War II ⓘ
precededBy Operation Cobra ⓘ
result Allied victory ⓘ
German forces expelled from most of Brittany ⓘ
major Breton ports neutralized or captured ⓘ
startDate 1944-08 ⓘ
strategicImportance control of Atlantic ports for Allied supply lines ⓘ
denial of U-boat bases to Germany ⓘ
supportedBy Allied air forces ⓘ
French Resistance sabotage operations ⓘ
usedFormation U.S. Third Army ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Patton's Third Army → engagement → Liberation of Brittany ⓘ
VIII Corps (United States) → notableOperation → Brittany campaign ⓘ
linked to: Liberation of Brittany
VIII Corps (United States) → participatedIn → Liberation of Brittany ⓘ
7th Army → notableEngagement → Defense of Brittany ⓘ
linked to: Liberation of Brittany
VIII Corps → engagement → Brittany campaign ⓘ
linked to: Liberation of Brittany
History of Brittany → includesEvent → World War II in Brittany ⓘ
linked to: Liberation of Brittany