The Battle for Brest was fought in August and September 1944 on the Western Front during World War II. Part of the overall Battle for Brittany and the...

the Battle of Brest, Brest being the name of two important fortress towns in France and Belarus, respectively, and a small town in Croatia. The Battle of...

The defense of Brest Fortress was the first battle of Operation Barbarossa, the Axis invasion of the Soviet Union launched on 22 June 1941. The German...

The Battle of Brest (Brześć in Polish), also known as the Battle of Terespol, took place between Russian imperial forces and Polish rebels south-west of...

The battle of Brest, sometimes called the battle of the River Penfeld, was an action in 1342 between an English squadron of converted merchant ships and...

The Battle of Brześć Litewski (also known as the Siege of Brześć, Battle of Brest-Litovsk or simply Battle of Brześć) was a World War II battle involving...

Brest (French pronunciation: [bʁɛst] ; Breton pronunciation: [bʀest]) is a port city in the Finistère department, Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay...

day, the fortress was completely surrounded. The ensuing battle of Brest Fortress lasted for eight days, during which about two hundred soldiers and officers...

The Battle of Brest (‹See Tfd›Russian: Битва под Брестом; Polish: Bitwa pod Brześciem), This is a defensive battle of 5,000 Polish-Lithuanian troops who...

France, and was captured by American forces at the conclusion of the Battle for Brest in September 1944. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the...

The Battle of Brest (1596) (Croatian: Bitka kod Bresta) was fought on September 19, 1596 between the Ottoman forces of Achmed Hafis Pasha, Beylerbey of...

Brest, formerly Brest-Litovsk and Brest-on-the-Bug, is a city in Belarus at the border with Poland opposite the Polish town of Terespol, where the Bug...

hard-fought Battle for Brest. Under the leadership of Lieutenant Colonel Richard Sullivan, the 5th Ranger Battalion took part in the Battle of Huertgen...

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk was a separate peace treaty signed on 3 March 1918 between Soviet Russia and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary...

The Battle of Brest (Croatian: Bitka kod Bresta) was fought on 19 July 1592 between the Ottoman forces of Hasan Pasha Predojević, Beglerbeg of Bosnia...

liberated Breton ports were unusable for the remainder of the war. Battle for Brest Saint-Nazaire pocket Battle of Saint-Malo Rémy Desquesnes. Les poches...

Britain and France. In February 1809 the French Atlantic Fleet, blockaded in Brest on the Breton coast by the British Channel Fleet, attempted to break out...

off the beaches. The 2nd Rangers were later involved in the Battle for Brest and the Battle of Hürtgen Forest where they led the assault on Hill 400, Bergstein...

Parachute Brigade. Kroh commanded the 2nd Parachute Division in the Battle for Brest; he was taken prisoner on 18 September 1944. Kroh was released from...

battalions fought in many battles such as Battle for Brest and the Battle of the Hurtgen Forest. The 2nd Rangers were responsible for capturing Le Conquet...

Operation Cobra Operation Lüttich Battle for Brest Operation Totalize Falaise Pocket Operation Tractable Battle of Hill 262 Battle of Chambois Liberation of Paris...

president of Texas A&M University. The city was well organized for defense, and in the Battle for Brest Middleton's units went about capturing it methodically...

Cartier expedition in the floor of the cathedral Houses in Saint-Malo Battle for Brest Jean-Marie Valentin Mont Saint-Michel Robert Surcouf Rothéneuf Shipwrecks...

goals. The XIX Corps approached Brest on September 13, 1939, and defeated the Polish resistance in the ensuing battle by September 17, establishing their...

regiment conducted battle drill and small unit training between 16 and 21 August. On 22 August, the regiment moved out by truck for Brest, a strongly fortified...

division was cut off and surrounded in Brest during the German retreat from France, resulting in the Battle for Brest, that lasted until September 1944. A...

9th U-boat Flotilla, stationed in Brest. On 2 September 1944 he assumed command of U-256 and escaped the besieged Brest just a few days before the town's...

their Mediterranean Fleet, which was based in Gibraltar. Brest was the obvious starting point for the expedition: it was a major port; it was well placed...

Conquet and Pointe Saint-Mathieu during the Battle for Brest. The U.S. VIII Corps eventually captured "Festung Brest" on 19 September, but by then Warspite...

August: Battle of Brest (1342). 1386 - Siege of Brest (1386) 16th C. Château de Brest construction concluded. 1512 – 10 August: Naval Battle of Saint-Mathieu...