Seine River Crossing at Mantes-Gassicourt

Seine River Crossing at Mantes-Gassicourt
Part of Operation Overlord, Battle of Normandy
Date 18–20 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
George Patton Ira T. Wyche Joseph Bacon Fraser	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.