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| Battle for Brest | |||||||
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| Part of Operation Overlord, Battle of Normandy | |||||||
Men of the United States Army's 2nd Infantry Division advancing into Brest under German machine gun fire on 9 September 1944 | |||||||
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| 75,000 men | 45,000 men | ||||||
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| 9,831 killed or wounded[1] | 38,000 captured[1] | ||||||