Liberation of Rennes

Liberation of Rennes, WW2
Part of Liberation of France
US advancement into Brittany in WW2
Date 4 August 1944 Location Rennes, France Result Allied victory. City is liberated and denazified
Belligerents
United States Free France	Nazi Germany Bezen Perrot
Commanders and leaders
George Patton John Shirley Wood Pierre Herbart Yves Milon	Eugen König Paul Hausser
Units involved
8th Infantry Division French Forces of the Interior	XXV 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]