Saint-Nazaire pocket
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The Saint-Nazaire Pocket (German: Festung St. Nazaire, French: Poche de Saint-Nazaire) was an Atlantic pocket that existed from August 1944 until 11 May 1945 and was formed by the withdrawal of German troops from Loire-Inférieure (now Loire-Atlantique) during the liberation of the department by the allied forces. It was centred around the port and the submarine base of Saint-Nazaire and extended to the east as far as Saint-Omer-de-Blain and from La Roche-Bernard in the north to Pornic in the south.
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Saint-Nazaire Pocket | |||||||
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Part of the Liberation of France | |||||||
Monument to the surrender, Bouvron | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Germany |
United States France | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hans Junck Hans Mirow |
Harry J. Malony, then Herman Frederick Kramer Colonel Raymond Chomel | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
4th AD then 6th AD then 94th Infantry Division then 66th Infantry Division | |||||||
Strength | |||||||
28,000 men |
9,000 men[1] 16,500 men/18,000 men[1] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
unknown |
United States:
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