Battle of Brest
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Numerous actions have been termed the Battle of Brest, Brest being the name of two important fortress towns on opposite sides of Europe.

Brest, France

  • The Battle of Brest (1342)
    Battle of Brest (1342)
    The battle of Brest, sometimes called the battle of the River Penfeld was an action in 1342 between an English squadron of converted merchant ships and that of a mercenary galley force from Genoa fighting for the Franco-Breton faction of Charles of Blois during the Breton War of Succession, a side...

     - a naval battle off the port during the Hundred Years War in 1342.
  • The Battle of St. Mathieu
    Battle of St. Mathieu
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     - a naval battle off the port during the War of the League of Cambrai in 1512, often called the battle of Brest.
  • The Attack on Brest
    Attack on Brest
    The Battle of Camaret was an amphibious landing at Camaret Bay on 18 June 1694 by the English and Dutch in an attempt to seize the French port of Brest and destroy part of the French fleet stationed there, as part of the Nine Years' War...

     - a failed attack in 1694 by the English to destroy the harbor of Brest during the War of the Grand Alliance
  • Various naval actions of the eighteenth century, including those sometimes termed the Battle of Ushant are occasionally termed the battle of Brest.
  • The Battle for Brest
    Battle for Brest
    The Battle for Brest was one of the fiercest battles fought during Operation Cobra, the Allied breakout of Normandy which began on 27 July 1944, during the Battle of Normandy during World War II....

     - A land battle between American and German forces over possession of the strategic port in 1944.

Brest, Belarus

  • The Battle of Brest (1655) during the Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)
    Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)
    The Russo-Polish War of 1654–1667, also called Thirteen Years' War, First Northern War, War for Ukraine was the last major conflict between Tsardom of Russia and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Between 1655 and 1660, the Second Northern War was also fought in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth,...

  • The Battle of Brest (1794)
    Battle of Brest (1794)
    -Reaction in Russia:In Saint Petersburg, Suvorov's victory was very well-received. Catherine the Great granted him an expensive diamond hat bow and three cannon captured from the Polish; Pyotr Rumyantsev thanked Suvorov and presented a most flattering evaluation of his efforts.-References:*...

    , also known as the Battle of Terespol, during the Kosciuszko Uprising.
  • The Battle of Brześć Litewski
    Battle of Brzesc Litewski
    Battle of Brześć Litewski was a World War II battle involving German and Polish forces that took place between 14 and 17 September 1939, near the town of Brześć Litewski...

     also called the Battle of Brest-Litovsk was an action between the Poles and the Germans in September 1939.
  • The Battle of Brest (1941) or Defense of Brest Fortress
    Defense of Brest Fortress
    The defence of Brest Fortress took place 22–30 June 1941. It was one of the first battles of Operation Barbarossa. The Brest Fortress was defended by the Red Army against the Wehrmacht, held out longer than expected, and became a symbol of Soviet resistance during the Second World War...

     took place on 22 June - 30 June 1941
  • In July 1944 the town was taken by the Soviets during the Lublin–Brest Offensive.
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