Battle of Saint-Lô
The Battle of Saint-Lô is one of the three conflicts in the Battle of the Hedgerows, which took place between July 9–24, 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 (up to 95% of the city was destroyed) 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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Battle of Saint-Lô
The Battle of Saint-Lô is one of the three conflicts in the Battle of the Hedgerows, which took place between July 9–24, 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 (up to 95% of the city was destroyed) 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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Die Schlacht um Saint-Lô fand ...... enkopfes in der Normandie bei.
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La bataille de Saint-Lô est un ...... juste avant l'Opération Cobra.
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The Battle of Saint-Lô is one ...... in a report by Samuel Beckett.
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Saint-Lô, 95% destroyed after the 1944 bombardments, known as The Capital of Ruins.
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Die Schlacht um Saint-Lô fand ...... enkopfes in der Normandie bei.
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La bataille de Saint-Lô est un ...... juste avant l'Opération Cobra.
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The Battle of Saint-Lô is one ...... in a report by Samuel Beckett.
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Bataille de Saint-Lô
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Battle of Saint-Lô
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Schlacht um Saint-Lô
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Battle of Saint-Lô
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