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Title
Hell on Wheels
Description
During the initial stages of Operation Cobra, the panzer Lehr Division was effectively taken out of action after seeing its forces shrink by nearly 40% following massive damage from both medium and heavy bombers and tactical strikes from P47 fighter …
Subject
Publisher
Date
1944-07-26
Scenario#
29
Scenario Description
During the initial stages of Operation Cobra, the panzer Lehr Division was effectively taken out of action after seeing its forces shrink by nearly 40% following massive damage from both medium and heavy bombers and tactical strikes from P47 fighter bombers. With the German forces back on their heels, the US VII Corps' 1st Infantry Division. reinforced by CCB of the 3rd Armored Division. and the 2nd Armored Division were poised to push through the remaining German units. Advancing line abreast with the 2nd Armored to the east and the 1st Infantry to the west, the American forces moved rapidly towards the outskirts Of St. Gilles. Although on the verge of collapse and with its communications network in total disarray, Panzer Lehr's only chance was to pull all remnants of its panzer and infantry units to have any chance to stop the American breakthrough through the narrow confines of the hedgerows. The delay was short-lived with the American forces finally reaching their objectives the next day.
Location
St. Giles, 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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