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Title
Battle on Martinville Ridge
Description
On the 1th of July 1944, 116th US Infantry Regiment was advancing with difficulty on the Martinville Ridge, repelling the Germans entrenched in numerous hedgerows. With the support of tanks equipped with "Culin" system, US infantrymen advanced towards Saint-Lô in …
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1944-07-12
Scenario#
6969
Scenario Description
On the 1th of July 1944, 116th US Infantry Regiment was advancing with difficulty on the Martinville Ridge, repelling the Germans entrenched in numerous hedgerows. With the support of tanks equipped with "Culin" system, US infantrymen advanced towards Saint-Lô in spite of the strong Resistance of German Fallschirmjäger. Four days long, Martinville Ridge was the place of fierce combats and losses were important for the two sides.
Location
Martinville, France
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Saint-Lô is one of the three conflicts in the Battle of the Hedgerows, which took place between July 7–19, 1944, just before Operation Cobra. Saint-Lô had fallen to Germany in 1940, and, after the Invasion of Normandy, the Americans targeted the city, as it served as a strategic crossroads. American bombardments caused heavy damage and a high number of casualties, which resulted in the martyr city being called "The Capital of Ruins", popularized in a report by Samuel Beckett.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Battle of Saint-Lô
Scenario Link
External Link
Combatants
German
American
Additional Information
Game Type: Standard
Board Type: Countryside
Website Access: Available
Collection:
Geolocation
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