Liberation of the Lorient Pocket
A la reddition. Source : DMPA/SHD
June 6, 1944, the Allies land on the Normandy coast. Day after day, they advance further into Normandy with the German lines being breached at Avranches on 30 and 31 July 1944. In early August, the Brittany route was opened. At the beginning of autumn 1944, with the exception of Alsace and the Atlantic pockets, the entire French territory is fully liberated.
