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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:battle
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gptkbp:casualties
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High on both sides
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gptkbp:combatant
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gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Free_French_Forces
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gptkbp:commander
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gptkb:Hermann-Bernhard_Ramcke
gptkb:Troy_H._Middleton
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gptkbp:conflict
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:endDate
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19 September 1944
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gptkbp:followedBy
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gptkb:Siege_of_Lorient
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Battle of Brest (1944)
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gptkbp:location
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gptkb:Brest,_France
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gptkbp:notableEvent
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Destruction of port infrastructure by Germans before surrender
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gptkbp:notableUnit
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gptkb:29th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
gptkb:2nd_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
gptkb:8th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)
gptkb:German_Fallschirmjäger_(paratroopers)
gptkb:5th_Ranger_Battalion
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gptkbp:objective
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Capture of the port of Brest
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gptkbp:partOf
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gptkb:Operation_Overlord
gptkb:Western_Front_(World_War_II)
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gptkbp:precededBy
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gptkb:Normandy_landings
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gptkbp:result
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Allied victory
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gptkbp:significance
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Destruction of port facilities
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gptkbp:startDate
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7 August 1944
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Brest
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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5
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