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The Battle for Brittany took place between August and October 1944. After the Allies broke out of Normandy in June 1944, Brittany became targeted for its well developed ports which the Allies intended to use, whilst also stopping their continued use by German U-boats.
Before the occupation, Breton nationalists were divided between adherents of regionalism, federalism, and political independence.Essentially these factions, though divided, remained openly hostile to the Third French Republic's policies of centralized government, anti-Catholicism, the coercive Francization policy in the State educational system, and the continued ban against Breton-medium ...
The Battle for Brest was fought in August and September 1944 on the Western Front during World War II.Part of the overall Battle for Brittany and the Allied plan for the invasion of mainland Europe called for the capture of port facilities, in order to ensure the timely delivery of the enormous amount of war materiel required to supply the invading Allied forces.
Edward III's Breton campaign, 1342–1343 Part of the Breton Civil War and the Hundred Years' War Edward III outside a walled town Date 26 October 1342 – 19 January 1343 Location Brittany Result Inconclusive (Truce of Malestroit) Belligerents France House of Blois England House of Montfort Commanders and leaders Charles of Blois John, Duke of Normandy Edward III Strength Unknown but large ...
Greiner, H. (1979) 'Operation Seelowe and Intensified Air Warfare Against England up to 30 October 1940', in Detweiler, D. World War II German Military Studies, Volume 7 of 24. New York. Haining, Peter (2004). Where the Eagle Landed: The Mystery of the German Invasion of Britain, 1940. Robson. ISBN 1-86105-750-4. Hewitt, Geoff (2008).
Brittany (/ ˈ b r ɪ t ən i / BRIT-ən-ee; French: Bretagne, pronounced ⓘ; Breton: Breizh, pronounced [bʁɛjs, bʁɛx]; [1] [dubious – discuss] Gallo: Bertaèyn or Bertègn, pronounced [bəʁtaɛɲ]) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul.
In 1979, Karslake described the Breton Redoubt affair and concluded that all of the people involved knew of the scheme and all had agreed, albeit with little faith in its success, for it to go ahead. [43] Karslake also reviewed the figures given in the official history of equipment recovered during Operation Aerial.
The Brittany campaign, or the campaign of Brittany, was a military occupation of the Brittany, France, by Spain.It began in summer 1590 when Philippe-Emmanuel de Lorraine, Duke of Mercœur, the governor of Brittany, offered the port of Blavet to King Philip II of Spain so that he could harbour his fleet.