Historical place archive

Brest in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Brest in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

2 records2 event labels2 people1944–1962

Historical events in Brest

1944

25 July 1944
Operation Cobra
George Smith Patton · World War, 2nd

Clearing ports such as Lorient & Brest

1962

2 June 1962
Departure from Soviet Union
Lee Harvey Oswald · Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Oswald, Marina, and their daughter crossed the Soviet frontier at Brest on June 2, 1962, while traveling toward Western Europe.

Provenance

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match United States of America and Brest. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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