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Title
St. Lo
Description
Elements of the U.S. 116th Infantry Regiment, supported by elements of the 737th Tank Battalion, attack towards St. Lo against units of the German 3rd Fallschirmjaeger (Parachute) Division and the 12th Sturmgeschutz (Assault Gun) Brigade.
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1944-06-29
Scenario#
4
Scenario Description
Elements of the U.S. 116th Infantry Regiment, supported by elements of the 737th Tank Battalion, attack towards St. Lo against units of the German 3rd Fallschirmjaeger (Parachute) Division and the 12th Sturmgeschutz (Assault Gun) Brigade.
Location
St. Lo, 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
Combatants
German
American

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