Battle of Saint-Lô
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The Battle of Saint-Lô was a pivotal World War II engagement in Normandy in July 1944, marked by intense urban combat and heavy bombardment that devastated the town while opening the way for the Allied breakout from the bocage.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Battle of Saint-Lô canonical | 3 |
| Battle for Saint-Lô | 1 |
| Battle of Saint-Lô in 1944 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T784866 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Battle of Saint-Lô Context triple: [Operation Cobra, precededBy, Battle of Saint-Lô]
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Battle for Caen
The Battle for Caen was a major World War II engagement during the Normandy campaign in 1944, in which Allied forces fought to capture the strategically vital French city of Caen from German defenders.
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Battle of the Falaise Pocket
The Battle of the Falaise Pocket was a decisive August 1944 engagement in Normandy in which Allied forces encircled and destroyed much of the German Army Group B, effectively breaking German resistance in France.
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Battle of Aachen
The Battle of Aachen was a major World War II engagement in 1944 in which Allied forces captured the German city of Aachen, marking the first major German city to fall to the Western Allies and breaching Germany’s western defenses.
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Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive in the winter of 1944–1945 on the Western Front, notable as the last significant Nazi counterattack and one of the bloodiest battles fought by U.S. forces in World War II.
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Lorraine campaign
The Lorraine campaign was a World War II Allied offensive in northeastern France in 1944, led by General George S. Patton’s Third Army, aimed at driving German forces back toward the German border.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Battle of Saint-Lô Target entity description: The Battle of Saint-Lô was a pivotal World War II engagement in Normandy in July 1944, marked by intense urban combat and heavy bombardment that devastated the town while opening the way for the Allied breakout from the bocage.
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Battle for Caen
The Battle for Caen was a major World War II engagement during the Normandy campaign in 1944, in which Allied forces fought to capture the strategically vital French city of Caen from German defenders.
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Battle of Normandy
The Battle of Normandy was a major World War II Allied campaign in 1944 that began with the D-Day landings in northern France and led to the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation.
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Battle of the Falaise Pocket
The Battle of the Falaise Pocket was a decisive August 1944 engagement in Normandy in which Allied forces encircled and destroyed much of the German Army Group B, effectively breaking German resistance in France.
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Battle of Aachen
The Battle of Aachen was a major World War II engagement in 1944 in which Allied forces captured the German city of Aachen, marking the first major German city to fall to the Western Allies and breaching Germany’s western defenses.
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Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge was a major German offensive in the winter of 1944–1945 on the Western Front, notable as the last significant Nazi counterattack and one of the bloodiest battles fought by U.S. forces in World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
World War II battle
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battle ⓘ |
| alliedCommander |
Charles H. Corlett
ⓘ
J. Lawton Collins ⓘ |
| axisCommander |
Dietrich von Choltitz
ⓘ
Rudolf von Schmettow ⓘ |
| belligerent |
Germany
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| campaignGoal | break German defensive line south of Saint-Lô ⓘ |
| casualties | heavy on both sides ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
extensive aerial bombing
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heavy artillery bombardment ⓘ intense urban combat ⓘ |
| conflictIn | World War II ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| dateOfCaptureOfTownByAllies | 1944-07-18 ⓘ |
| defendingForce |
German 352nd Infantry Division
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German 3rd Fallschirmjäger Division ⓘ German LXXXIV Corps ⓘ |
| effectOnCity |
devastation of Saint-Lô
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large-scale destruction of buildings ⓘ |
| endDate | 1944-07-19 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Allied breakout from Normandy
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Operation Cobra ⓘ |
| front |
Allied operations in Western Europe
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surface form:
Allied Western Front in Europe
|
| locatedIn |
France
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Normandy ⓘ Saint-Lô ⓘ |
| mainAttackingForce |
VII Corps
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surface form:
U.S. VII Corps
U.S. XIX Corps ⓘ |
| militaryTheater | Western Front ⓘ |
| nicknameOfTown | Capital of the Ruins ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
street-by-street fighting
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use of close air support in urban area ⓘ |
| objective | capture of Saint-Lô ⓘ |
| partOf |
Battle of Normandy
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Battle of Normandy ⓘ
surface form:
Normandy campaign
Operation Overlord ⓘ |
| precededBy | fighting in the Normandy bocage ⓘ |
| primaryAlliedNation |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| primaryAxisNation | Nazi Germany ⓘ |
| result | Allied victory ⓘ |
| startDate | 1944-07-07 ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance |
opened the way for Allied breakout from the bocage
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secured key road junction in central Normandy ⓘ |
| terrain |
bocage countryside
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hedgerow country ⓘ |
| timePeriod | July 1944 ⓘ |
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Subject: Battle of Saint-Lô Description of subject: The Battle of Saint-Lô was a pivotal World War II engagement in Normandy in July 1944, marked by intense urban combat and heavy bombardment that devastated the town while opening the way for the Allied breakout from the bocage.
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