In World War II, the Atlantic pockets were locations along the coasts of the Netherlands, Belgium and France chosen as strongholds by the occupying German...
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The Royan pocket (French: Poche de Royan) was one of the Atlantic pockets towards the end of World War II, an isolated position held by German troops...
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Allied siege of La Rochelle (redirect from La Rochelle pocket)
Rochelle and other harbours such as Royan and Saint-Nazaire, became "Atlantic pockets" still occupied by the Germans, which were bypassed by the main thrust...
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Nantes on the 12th, Rezé on the 29th). Pockets of resistance however formed as German troops withdrew to the Atlantic coastal ports of Brest, Lorient, Saint-Nazaire...
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Battle of Saint-Malo (redirect from Saint-Malo pocket)
Light We Cannot See are set during the bombardment of Saint-Malo. Atlantic pockets German World War II strongholds Liberation of France Full strength...
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and isolated locations across Europe, such as Denmark, Norway, the Atlantic pockets in France and the British Channel Islands. However, in addition to...
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Atlantic pockets in France, in Dunkirk and La Rochelle (after the Allied siege). The Atlantic Pocket of Lorient surrendered on 10 May. The Atlantic Pocket...
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Alsace Liberation of Strasbourg Colmar Pocket Bitche [fr] Apr 1945 Atlantic pockets: Royan May 1945 Atlantic pockets: Dunkirk La Rochelle Lorient Saint-Nazaire...
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Alsace Liberation of Strasbourg Colmar Pocket Bitche [fr] Apr 1945 Atlantic pockets: Royan May 1945 Atlantic pockets: Dunkirk La Rochelle Lorient Saint-Nazaire...
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in hiding and evaded capture into the 1980s. Alpine Fortress Atlantic pockets Atlantic Wall Czechoslovak border fortifications Festung Norwegen Fortress...
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French Forces of the West (redirect from Atlantic Army Detachment)
or reduce the remaining pockets of German resistance on the French Atlantic coast. In March 1945, the FFO were renamed Atlantic Army Detachment (French:...
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The Colmar Pocket (French: Poche de Colmar; German: Brückenkopf Elsass) was the area held in central Alsace, France, by the German Nineteenth Army from...
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England. On 25 and 26 May, the Luftwaffe focused their attention on Allied pockets holding out at Calais, Lille, and Amiens, and did not attack Dunkirk. Calais...
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Operation Overlord (section Atlantic Wall)
Rommel in charge of developing fortifications all along Hitler's proclaimed Atlantic Wall in anticipation of landings in France. The Allies failed to accomplish...
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Saint-Nazaire (category Port cities and towns on the French Atlantic coast)
and was heavily bombed by the Allies until 1945. Being one of the Atlantic pockets, Saint-Nazaire was one of the last territories in Europe to be liberated...
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15 January at least 17 German divisions (including units in the Colmar Pocket) from Army Group G and Army Group Oberrhein, including the 6th SS Mountain...
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zone libre in time. On the morning of May 28, German patrols defeated pockets of resistance around the Rue Solférino, the Rue Nationale, and the Haute-Deûle...
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the German state. At Hitler's death, German armies remained in the Atlantic pockets of La Rochelle, St Nazaire, Lorient, Dunkirk and the Channel Islands;...
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ISBN 0-7183-0349-0 Holland, James. The Rise of Germany. New York, NY: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-8021-2397-8 Holmes, Richard, ed. "France:...
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Americanism "Phoney War" became the favoured phrase on both sides of the Atlantic. This term gained currency in the British Empire and Commonwealth in large...
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HMS Campbeltown, accompanied by 18 smaller craft, crossed the English Channel to the Atlantic coast of France and rammed into the Normandie dry dock south gate. The...
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under the stress of the Normandy breakout and the reduction of the Falaise pocket. Trigg describes the battle as one of the "most ill-conceived and unnecessary...
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carnage of the German army was later called the Falaise Pocket, the Argentan-Falaise Pocket or Couloir de la Mort (Corridor of Death) as the local French...
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began to retire toward Germany (The fortified French Atlantic U-boat bases remained as pockets until the German capitulation.). On 24 August 1944, Paris...
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cutting off German troops at the tip of the salient, trapping them in a pocket. Montgomery, refusing to risk underprepared infantry in a snowstorm for...
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French civilians of a "likely" action, urging them to quickly evacuate the Atlantic coastal districts. Indeed, on the day of the raid itself, the BBC announced...
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The French employed the next day in obtaining the surrender of isolated pockets of resistance but their artillery unit had to be withdrawn which led to...
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