Repulsed

In the hedgerows of Normandy, any significant advance demanded that a village or road be cleared -- and many bitter battles were waged over small settlements and crossroads. On Friday morning, the men of the 116th Infantry Regiment had jumped off from positions near Couvains, following an intensive artillery and …

1944-06-16

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In the hedgerows of Normandy, any significant advance demanded that a village or road be cleared -- and many bitter battles were waged over small settlements and crossroads. On Friday morning, the men of the 116th Infantry Regiment had jumped off from positions near Couvains, following an intensive artillery and mortar barrage. Their objective: clear the village of Les Foulons less than 1000 yards ahead. But 1000 yards was a considerable distance in this country.

Les Foulons, France

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.

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