Chapter XIX
Rennes, Lorient, and NantesFootnotes
1. VIII Corps Opns Instrs, 31 Jul (fragmentary verbal orders), and FO 9, 1600, 1 Aug; Ltr, Wood to OCMH, 24 Mar 54, OCMH Files. Unless otherwise indicated, all messages in this chapter are from the VIII Corps G-3 Journal and File.
2. 4th Armd Div AAR, Aug; Koyen, Fourth Armored Division, p. 21.
3. MS # B-731 (Fahrmbacher); Zimmerman Telecon, 1925, 1 Aug, OB WEST KTB, Anlage 1010.
4. Msg, Wood to Middleton, 0955, 2 Aug.
5. Msgs, Wood to Middleton, 1525, 1 Aug, and 1100 and 1115, 2 Aug; Msgs, Middleton to Wood, 2 and 3 Aug; VIII Corps G-3 Jnl, 1-3 Aug.
6. 8th Div AAR, 8 Jul-4 Aug, and Msg, 2200, 2 Aug; VIII Corps Msg to Officer in Charge of Truck Co's Furnished by Third Army, 2 Aug.
7. Ltr, Wood to OCMH, 24 Mar 54.
8. 4th Armd Div Plan of Attack and Routes of Advance, 3 Aug, with penciled note, and FO 5, 3 Aug; Ltr, Wood to OCMH, 24 Mar 54.
9. VIII Corps FO 10, 2 Aug; 4th Armd Div FO 6, 0730, 3 Aug.
10. The Armored School, Armor in the Exploitation, p. 26.
11. VIII Corps Msg, 1000, 3 Aug; Msg, Col John P. Evans to Gen Wood, 1430, 3 Aug.
12. Msgs, Wood to Middleton, 1315, 1555, 1630, 1821, 3 Aug.
13. The Armored School, Armor in the Exploitation, pp. 26-27.
16. 8th Div AAR, 8 Jul-4 Aug; VIII Corps G-3 Jnl, 2-4 Aug; Msg, Evans to Wood, 2040, 3 Aug; VIII Corps FO 9, 1600, 1 Aug; VIII Corps Msgs to 4th and 6th Armd Divs, 1645, 2 Aug.
17. Msg, Evans to Wood, 2040, 3 Aug.
18. Msg, Wood to Middleton, 0310, 4 Aug, and penned notation by member of the VIII Corps G-3 Sec on the msg.
19. Review Panel Min, OCMH, 9 May 56; Msg, Wood to Middleton, 1610, 4 Aug.
20. VIII Corps Msgs, 4 and 5 Aug; Memo, Gaffey to Middleton, 5 Aug; Msg, Army Info Patrol with the 4th Armd Div to VIII Corps, 5 Aug.
21. The Armored School, Armor in the Exploitation, p. 27; Ltr, Wood to OCMH, 24 Mar 54.
22. 4th Armd Div AAR, Aug; TUSA Info Serv Msg, 2330, 5 Aug; Koyen, Fourth Armored Division, pp. 22-26.
23. 4th Armd Div G-3 Per Rpt 24, 9 Aug; Msg, Wood to Middleton, 2116, 8 Aug.
24. Penned Msg, probably in Middleton's hand, on Msg, Wood to Middleton, received at the VIII Corps CP, 1145, 8 Aug.
25. For the rest of the war, Lorient was contained, in turn by the 4th Armored Division until 15 August, by the 6th Armored Division until it was relieved in mid-September by the 94th Division, and finally by the 66th, to whom Fahrmbacher surrendered his troops and the fortress on 10 May 1945. MS # B-731 (Fahrmbacher).
26. Msg, Wood to Patton, 6 Aug.
27. Msg, Wood to Middleton, 1000, 7 Aug.
28. Ltr, Middleton to Wood, 6 Aug.
29. Msgs, Wood to Middleton, 1300, 7 Aug, 0233 and 2116, 8 Aug, and Msg received at VIII Corps CP, 1100, 8 Aug.
30. Ltr, Wood to OCMH, 24 Mar 54.
31. Penned Msg, cited n. 24, above.
32. Notation on Msg, Wood to Middleton, received at VIII Corps CP, 1100, 8 Aug.
33. Memo, Middleton for Wood, 8 Aug.
34. Memos, Patton for Gaffey, and Middleton for Wood, 8 Aug.
35. Evans to Wood, 8 Aug; Memo, Evans for BCT, 5th Div, 8 Aug; The Armored School, Armor in the Exploitation, p. 30; 4th Armd Div AAR, Aug.
36. 4th Armd Div AAR, Aug; Koyen, Fourth Armored Division, p. 26.
37. Min of Review Panel, OCMH, 9 May 56.
38. TUSA Memo, Situation as of 0600, 6 Aug. 39. Koyen, Fourth Armored Division, p. 13.