Saint-Nazaire pocket

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Saint-Nazaire Pocket
Part of the Liberation of France
Monument to the surrender, Bouvron
Date 27 August 1944 - 11 May 1945 Location Saint-Nazaire, Loire Atlantique, France 47°16′50″N 2°12′31″W / 47.2806°N 2.2086°W / 47.2806; -2.2086 Result Eventual Allied victory
Belligerents
Germany	United States  France
Commanders and leaders
Hans Junck Hans Mirow	Harry J. Malony, then Herman Frederick Kramer Colonel Raymond Chomel
Units involved
	4th AD then 6th AD then 94th Infantry Division then 66th Infantry Division FFI and FTP becoming 25th Infantry Division (France)
Strength
28,000 men	9,000 men[1] 16,500 men/18,000 men[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	United States: Unknown Free French: circa 500 killed, injured or taken prisoner

The Saint-Nazaire Pocket (German: Festung St. Nazaire, French: Poche de Saint-Nazaire) was an Atlantic pocket that existed from August 1944 until 11 May 1945 and was formed by the withdrawal of German troops from Loire-Inférieure (now Loire-Atlantique) during the liberation of the department by the allied forces. It was centred around the port and the submarine base of Saint-Nazaire and extended to the east as far as Saint-Omer-de-Blain and from La Roche-Bernard in the north to Pornic in the south.