Festung (Fortress)

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Location Country Commandant Besiegers Date declared Date surrendered Information
Alderney British Crown dependencies Lieutenant Colonel Schwalm • Royal Navy 16 May 1945 Contained until after general German surrender
See Occupation of the Channel Islands
Boulogne France Ferdinand Heim reinforced Canadian 3rd Division 22 September 1944 Captured after a five day operation. See Operation Wellhit
Breslau Germany Karl Hanke 6th Army 25 July 1944 6 May 1945 See Siege of Breslau
Brest France Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke US Third Army 19 September 1944 Captured after six week assault. See Battle for Brest
Budapest Hungary
Calais France Ludwig Schroeder Canadian 3rd Division 1 October 1944 See Operation Undergo
Dieppe France Canadian 2nd Division 1 September 1944 Evacuated before receipt of the relevant Fuehrer Order; liberated without opposition. See Operation Fusilade
Dunkirk France Friedrich Frisius 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade 8 May 1945 Contained until general German surrender. See Siege of Dunkirk (1944)
Kolberg Germany Fritz Fullriede 1st Belorussian Front November, 1944 14 March 1945 See Battle of Kolberg (1945)
Königsberg East Prussia, Germany Otto Lasch 3rd Belorussian Front 9 April 1945 See Battle of Königsberg
Küstrin Germany Heinrich-Friedrich Reinefarth, Adolf Raegener 82nd Guards Rifle Division A small number (<1,000) of the German garrison reached German lines after a breakout during the night of March 29/30 1945.
Le Havre France Eberhard Wildermuth 1st Canadian Army 12 September 1944 Captured after 48 hour assault. See Operation Astonia.
Posen (now Poznań) Poland Ernst Mattern until 28 January 1945, then Ernst Gonell 1st Belorussian Front See Battle of Poznań (1945).
St Malo France Andreas von Aulock US Third Army 19 January 1944 17 August 1944 Captured after two weeks
Warsaw Poland 27 July 1944 17 January 1945 Captured hours after the withdrawal of German troops, in violation of Hitler's order to hold the "Fortress". See Festung Warschau
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Location Country Commandant Besiegers Date declared Date surrendered Information
Alderney British Crown dependencies Lieutenant Colonel Schwalm • Royal Navy 16 May 1945 Contained until after general German surrender
See Occupation of the Channel Islands
Boulogne France Ferdinand Heim reinforced Canadian 3rd Division 22 September 1944 Captured after a five day operation. See Operation Wellhit
Breslau Germany Karl Hanke 6th Army 25 July 1944 6 May 1945 See Siege of Breslau
Brest France Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke US Third Army 19 September 1944 Captured after six week assault. See Battle for Brest
Budapest Hungary Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front 1 December 1944 • 13 February 1945 Captured after 102 day long assault. See Siege of Budapest
Calais France Ludwig Schroeder Canadian 3rd Division 1 October 1944 See Operation Undergo
Dieppe France Canadian 2nd Division 1 September 1944 Evacuated before receipt of the relevant Fuehrer Order; liberated without opposition. See Operation Fusilade
Dunkirk France Friedrich Frisius 1st Czechoslovak Armoured Brigade 8 May 1945 Contained until general German surrender. See Siege of Dunkirk (1944)
Kolberg Germany Fritz Fullriede 1st Belorussian Front November, 1944 14 March 1945 See Battle of Kolberg (1945)
Königsberg East Prussia, Germany Otto Lasch 3rd Belorussian Front 9 April 1945 See Battle of Königsberg
Küstrin Germany Heinrich-Friedrich Reinefarth, Adolf Raegener 82nd Guards Rifle Division A small number (<1,000) of the German garrison reached German lines after a breakout during the night of March 29/30 1945.
Le Havre France Eberhard Wildermuth 1st Canadian Army 12 September 1944 Captured after 48 hour assault. See Operation Astonia.
Posen (now Poznań) Poland Ernst Mattern until 28 January 1945, then Ernst Gonell 1st Belorussian Front 23 February 1945 See Battle of Poznań (1945).
St Malo France Andreas von Aulock US Third Army 19 January 1944 17 August 1944 Captured after two weeks
Warsaw Poland Soviet Red Army 27 July 1944 17 January 1945 Captured hours after the withdrawal of German troops, in violation of Hitler's order to hold the "Fortress". See Festung Warschau
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