Brest Surrender 1944

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18 September 1944, the battered garrison of Fortress <b>Brest</b> finally capitulates. Colonel Erich Pietzonka commander of the 7th Paratroop Regiment formally surrender to General Walter M. Robertson commander of 2nd Infantry Division. At 15.00 Hrs. German soldiers were ordered to muster on Wilson Square and wait further for instructions. They were marched off to POW camps outside <b>Brest</b> and most were shipped to the United States. Source: 1944 AMERICANS IN BRITTANY - THE BATTLE FOR <b>BREST</b> by ...

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  • MSG ME on M.S.N ...

    MSG ME on M.S.N messenger!! lets talk!!

    msg me on M.S.N. ID is in my profile! Rn

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  • Et voilà, la guerre ...

    Et voilà, la guerre est finie. Il rentrent chez eux la queue entre les jambes, au milieu de leus conneries. Comme des enfants qui viennent de se faire gronder par leur maman.
    Si au moins ils avaient dépensé leur énergie à construire plutôt qu détruire...

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  • merci , mille fois ...

    merci , mille fois , pour ses image très rare de brest ( peu être les seule même )
    thank you, a thousand times, for his image very rare brest (just be the same one)

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  • The Nazi P.O.W's ...

    The Nazi P.O.W's deserved to get shipped off to Siberia.

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  • I'm 45,french and ...

    I'm 45,french and living in Brest. Thanks some much for all your video. This one particulary. I didn't know that German POW were shipped to the US. I thought they were stay in Europe.

    Anyway, history....but you have to know last week a WWI bomb was discover. Not the last.

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  • quelle connerie la ...

    quelle connerie la guerre!

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  • Une ville dévastée ...

    Une ville dévastée à 80%, une grande partie de l'histoire du Ponant perdue à jamais pour qu'une seule bombe américaine traverse le bunker abritant les U.boat allemands sans faire de domage. Merci à ceux qui nous ont redonné la dignité et la liberté.

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  • Often, we hear, ...

    Often, we hear, only, that France hates America... America very much appreciates the French, making it possible for us have a Country. Vive la France! And thank YOU.

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  • thanks to the ...

    thanks to the americans!from a citizen of brest

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  • Thank you for the ...

    Thank you for the kind comments.

    Merci pour tous les commentaires sympas.

    Ronan

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