Hill 95

As the Allied invasion of Normandy pushed to seize Cherbourg, to replace the lost Mulberry harbor at Omaha Beach due to the worst storm seen in 50 years in the English Channel, the 82nd Airborne were situated in the Bois …

1944-07-04

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As the Allied invasion of Normandy pushed to seize Cherbourg, to replace the lost Mulberry harbor at Omaha Beach due to the worst storm seen in 50 years in the English Channel, the 82nd Airborne were situated in the Bois de Limors forest. On July 2nd they were issued orders to move out, to attack southwest toward La Haye-du-Puits, with an objective of seizing high ground northeast of town. By nightfall on July 3rd the 82nd had made huge progress; they cut the highway from St. Sauveur-le-Vicomte into La Haye-du-Puits and were dug-in at the foot of Hill 95. On the morning of July 4, 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 505th PIR were ordered to capture the northern slope of Hill 95. Germans commanded the hill above. By noon, the 1st and 3rd Battalions of the 505th had driven the Germans from the northern slope of Hill 95, freeing the path for the 508th to attack through to the crest.

Near La-haye-du-puits, 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.

Wikipedia: Battle of Saint-Lô

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