BREST BATTLE STREETS

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Infantrymen of the 23rd Regiment, 2nd Division are entering the outskirts of the city of Brest. A Company are fighting in the St Marc area reducing enemy strongholds including the Guelmeur Fort. Moving along the main railway line, they capture Kerstear Castle overlooking the dockyards and the railway station.

Source: 1944 AMERICANS IN BRITTANY - THE BATTLE FOR BREST by Jonathan Gawne (Histoire & Collections).

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