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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle
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
heavy artillery bombardment
intense urban combat
conflictIn World War II
country France
dateOfCaptureOfTownByAllies 1944-07-18
defendingForce German 352nd Infantry Division
German 3rd Fallschirmjäger Division
German LXXXIV Corps
effectOnCity devastation of Saint-Lô
large-scale destruction of buildings
endDate 1944-07-19
followedBy Allied breakout from Normandy
Operation Cobra
front Allied operations in Western Europe
surface form: Allied Western Front in Europe
locatedIn France
Normandy
Saint-Lô
mainAttackingForce VII Corps
surface form: U.S. VII Corps

U.S. XIX Corps
militaryTheater Western Front
nicknameOfTown Capital of the Ruins
notableFeature street-by-street fighting
use of close air support in urban area
objective capture of Saint-Lô
partOf Battle of Normandy
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
secured key road junction in central Normandy
terrain bocage countryside
hedgerow country
timePeriod July 1944

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Operation Cobra precededBy Battle of Saint-Lô
XIX Corps (United States) notableBattle Battle of Saint-Lô
this entity surface form: Battle for Saint-Lô
U.S. 35th Infantry Division notableEngagement Battle of Saint-Lô
subject surface form: 35th Infantry Division
Saint-Lô knownFor Battle of Saint-Lô
this entity surface form: Battle of Saint-Lô in 1944