Seine River Crossing at Mantes-Gassicourt

Seine River Crossing at Mantes-Gassicourt
Part of Operation Overlord, Battle of Normandy
Date18–20 August 1944
Location
Present Day Mantes-la-Jolie, France
49°0′31″N 1°41′12″E / 49.00861°N 1.68667°E / 49.00861; 1.68667
Result Allied victory
Belligerents
 United States  Germany
Commanders and leaders
United States George Patton
United States Ira T. Wyche
United States Joseph Bacon Fraser
Nazi Germany Unknown
Casualties and losses
none 1 tank captured
19 vehicles captured
43 aircraft shot down

General George Patton's Third Army's Seine River Crossing at Mantes-Gassicourt was the first allied bridgehead across the Seine River in the aftermath of Operation Overlord, which allowed the Allies to engage in the Liberation of Paris. During the two days of the bridge crossing, American anti-aircraft artillery shot down almost fifty German planes.