Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan saukar Normandy a watan Yunin 1944, kuma daga baya ya tsallake, Lorient ya kewaye shi da Allies a ranar 12 ga Agusta, 1944. Amfani da shi a matsayin sansanin sojan ruwa ya tafi, Lorient ya bar shi a cikin yanayin kewaye, sojojin Amurka sun kewaye shi. A ranar 10 ga Mayu, 1945, sojojin Jamus sun mika wuya,
kwana biyu bayan da Jamus ta mika wuya ba tare da wata bukata ba. A cikin 1949, an ba da birnin Lorient lambar yabo ta Legion of Honor da kuma "Croix de guerre 1939<unk>1945".