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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.
The siege of Bastogne (French pronunciation: ⓘ) was an engagement in December 1944 between American and German forces at the Belgian town of Bastogne, as part of the larger Battle of the Bulge.
When the 101st Airborne entered the town of Carentan on June 12, 1944, after heavy fighting on the two previous days, they met relatively light resistance. The bulk of the surviving German defenders (from the 6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment) had withdrawn to the southwest the previous night after a heavy Allied naval and artillery bombardment.
Location Notes Reference 2 September 1944 La Glanerie First settlement to be liberated. An American motorcyclist arrived in the village after unknowingly crossing the Belgian border, and later returned with his battalion to liberate the village. [1] 2 September 1944 Mons: Battle of the Mons pocket [2] 2 September 1944 Tournai: 3 September 1944 ...
An appeal to self-interest during World War II, by the United States Office of War Information (restored by Yann) Wait for Me, Daddy , by Claude P. Dettloff (restored by Yann ) Selection on the ramp at Auschwitz-Birkenau at Auschwitz Album , by the Auschwitz Erkennungsdienst (restored by Yann )
Reporting World War II. Part II: American Journalism 1944–46. New York City: The Library of America. pp. 224– 241. ISBN 978-1-883011-05-5. Morison, Samuel Eliot (2002) [1957]. The Invasion of France and Germany 1944–1945. History of United States Naval Operations in World War II. Urbana, Illinois: University of Illinois Press.
Media in category "World War II images" The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total. A Daily News headline dated August 7, 1945 featuring the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan.jpg 274 × 364; 23 KB
German fortresses (German: Festungen or Fester Platz, lit. ' fixed place '; called pockets by the Allies) during World War II were bridgeheads, cities, islands and towns designated by Adolf Hitler as areas that were to be fortified and stocked with food and ammunition in order to hold out against Allied offensives.