Siege of Brest (1944)

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military conflict siege

The Siege of Brest (1944) was a major World War II battle in which Allied forces encircled and captured the heavily fortified French port city of Brest from German defenders following the Normandy landings.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Brest (1944)	2
Defense of Brest (1944)	1
Siege of Brest	1
Siege of Brest (1944) canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military conflict ⓘ siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle for Brest NERFINISHED ⓘ
attackingCommander	Charles H. Corlett NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond O. Barton NERFINISHED ⓘ Troy H. Middleton NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Free French Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazi Germany ⓘ United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
characterizedBy	extensive use of fortifications ⓘ heavy artillery bombardment ⓘ urban combat ⓘ
commander	Charles H. Corlett NERFINISHED ⓘ Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond O. Barton NERFINISHED ⓘ Troy H. Middleton NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictOf	World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
defendingCommander	Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke NERFINISHED ⓘ
defensiveFeature	German coastal batteries ⓘ concrete bunkers ⓘ submarine pens ⓘ
endDate	1944-09-19 ⓘ
followedBy	Allied operations against other Brittany ports ⓘ
hasCasualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
involvedMilitaryUnit	German 2nd Parachute Division NERFINISHED ⓘ German fortress troops of Brest ⓘ U.S. 29th Infantry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. 2nd Infantry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. 6th Armored Division NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. 8th Infantry Division NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. VIII Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	1944 ⓘ
location	Brest, Finistère, Brittany, France NERFINISHED ⓘ
opponent	Allied forces ⓘ German forces ⓘ
outcome	German garrison surrendered ⓘ port facilities heavily damaged ⓘ
partOf	Battle of Normandy campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Front of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Normandy landings NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
startDate	1944-08-07 ⓘ
strategicObjective	capture of the port of Brest ⓘ denial of U-boat base to Germany ⓘ securing a major deep-water port for Allied logistics ⓘ
theater	European Theater of Operations NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

VIII Corps (United States) → notableOperation → Siege of Brest (1944) ⓘ

Fallschirmjäger → notableEngagement → Siege of Brest (1944) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Defense of Brest (1944)

VIII Corps → engagement → Siege of Brest (1944) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Brest

Indianhead Division → notableBattle → Siege of Brest (1944) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Brest (1944)

29th Infantry Division (United States) → participatedIn → Siege of Brest (1944) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Battle of Brest (1944)