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Title
Behind Enemy Lines
Description
16 June was followed by a lull for the 30th Infantry Division, while it waited for the arrival of more men and equipment. Over the next three weeks, the division’s activities consisted mostly of vigorous patrolling and active defence. Daylight …
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Publisher
Date
1944-06-17
Scenario#
N04
Scenario Description
16 June was followed by a lull for the 30th Infantry Division, while it waited for the arrival of more men and equipment. Over the next three weeks, the division’s activities consisted mostly of vigorous patrolling and active defence. Daylight reconnaissance was impossible because of the vast open spaces, and the short summer nights left only an hour for investigation. Many of the patrols made during this period were unsuccessful, but on a number of occasions US forces successfully penetrated German-controlled territory and raided key locations.
Location
Vire-et-Taute, 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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