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Title
Birthday Present
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1944-07-15
Scenario#
BttR03
Location
St-denis-le-gast, 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
External Link
Combatants
American
Germany
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