Liberation of Rennes

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

Free France

Nazi GermanyNazi Germany

Bezen Perrot
Commanders and leaders

United StatesGeorge Patton
United StatesJohn Shirley Wood
Pierre Herbart

Yves 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)