The Battle of Saint-Malo was fought between Allied and German forces for control of the French coastal town of Saint-Malo in Brittany during World War...
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Saint-Malo (UK: /sæ̃ ˈmɑːloʊ/, US: /ˌsæ̃ məˈloʊ/, French: [sɛ̃ malo] ; Gallo: Saent-Malô; Breton: Sant-Maloù) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine...
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He decided to set the novel in World War II with a focus on the Battle of Saint-Malo after visiting the town in 2005. Doerr spent ten years writing All...
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Andreas von Aulock (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves)
17 August 1944 by forces of the American 83rd Division after surrendering the German garrison during the Battle of Saint-Malo. Iron Cross (1914) 2nd Class...
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Saint Malo (Spanish: San Maló [samaˈlo]) was a small fishing village that existed along the shore of Lake Borgne in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana as early...
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or left homeless.[citation needed] Liberation of France Battle for Brittany Battle of Saint-Malo Saint-Nazaire pocket Bllumenson 1961, p. 653. Kirkpatrick...
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Lee Miller (category Art Students League of New York alumni)
lines photographing as much of the Battle of Saint-Malo as she could. Her photographs included the first recorded use of napalm. When the military authorities...
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Budapest, Saint-Malo and Villefranche-de-Rouergue (Aveyron department, south of France), with the main scenes (street, bombings, Saint-Malo liberation)...
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Breton ports were unusable for the remainder of the war. Battle for Brest Saint-Nazaire pocket Battle of Saint-Malo Rémy Desquesnes. Les poches de résistance...
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Dinard (category Communes of Ille-et-Vilaine)
residents. The towns of Pleurtuit and Saint-Malo are nearby and the Dinard–Pleurtuit–Saint-Malo Airport is about 4 km south of Dinard. With its international...
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German World War II fortresses (redirect from German end of WWII strongholds)
January 1944: IJmuiden, the Hook of Holland, Dunkirk, Boulogne-sur-Mer, Le Havre, Cherbourg, Saint-Malo, Brest, Lorient, Saint-Nazaire and the Gironde estuary...
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Cézembre (category Saint-Malo Islands)
département of France, near Saint-Malo. The island is uninhabited, with a surface area of approximately 18 hectares (44 acres), a length of 750 metres...
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8-inch gun M1 (category World War II artillery of the United States)
During the Battle of Saint-Malo, two batteries of the 243rd Field Artillery Battalion of 8-inch guns participated in the siege in support of the 83rd Infantry...
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83rd Infantry Division (United States) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the United States Army Center of Military History)
protecting St. Malo. Intense fighting during the Battle of Saint-Malo reduced enemy strong points and a combined attack against the Citadel Fortress of St. Servan...
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Sturmgeschütz Brigade 341 (category Armoured brigades of the German Army in World War II)
early August, with two of its three batteries being almost destroyed. Elements of the brigade were involved in the Battle of Saint-Malo during August, during...
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Resistance, 1922-1945), p.332 "Le 17 août 1944, Saint-Malo était libérée" [On 17 August 1944, Saint-Malo was liberated]. France Info. Paris: France Télévisions...
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1st Tank Destroyer Brigade (category Tank destroyer brigades of the United States Army)
reinforce Task Force A. The task force took part in the early stages of the Battle of Saint-Malo before continuing west. Task Force A was disbanded on 22 September...
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The Battle of Saint-Lô was one of the three conflicts in the battle of the hedgerows which took place between July 7 and 19, 1944, in Saint-Lô, Manche...
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Robert C. Macon (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
Cobra and the Battle of Saint-Malo. The division then screened the Allied advance along the Loire River Valley, and accepted the surrender of 20,000 German...
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77th Infantry Division (Wehrmacht) (category Infantry divisions of Germany during World War II)
leaving the area on July 10. The remnant was destroyed during the Battle of Saint-Malo in August 1944. 01.02.1944 - 25.04.1944 : Generalleutnant Walter...
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Puerto Ricans in World War II (category Military history of Puerto Rico)
which landed at Normandy on D-Day (Battle of Normandy), June 6, and advanced into France during the Battle of Saint-Malo, where they were met by enemy tanks...
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Brittany (redirect from Seven founder saints of Brittany)
The Pays de Saint-Brieuc, around Saint-Brieuc, forming part of the Côtes-d'Armor département. The Pays de Saint-Malo, around Saint-Malo, divided between...
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pocket since opening in 1997. Liberation of France Battle for Brittany Battle of Brest Battle of Saint-Malo Desquesnes (2011), p. 67 Gautier (2015) "Description...
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Charles Malo François Lameth (French pronunciation: [ʃaʁl malo fʁɑ̃swa lamɛt]; 5 October 1757 – 28 December 1832) was a French politician and soldier....
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Rudolf Bacherer (category Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves)
ahead. Bacherer was captured by American forces following the fall of Saint-Malo in 1944 and was held as a POW until 1947. Iron Cross (1914) 1st Class...
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John Fitzalan, 10th Baron Arundel (category People of the Tudor period)
Isle of Wight, to help the Bretons against the French. They wanted to sail to Saint-Malo in Brittany. Edward Woodville manages to embark for Saint-Malo. But...
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René Duguay-Trouin (category French Navy officers from Saint-Malo)
ship-owners, operating a shipping business out of Saint-Malo, a port favoured by French corsairs. At the age of 16, Duguay-Trouin first went to sea as a sailor...
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Operation Chastity (category Cancelled military operations of World War II)
Meanwhile, the rest of VIII Corps, along with other Allied forces, had liberated much of the rest of Brittany, with the Battle of Saint-Malo ending with the...
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Robert Surcouf (category People from Saint-Malo)
National Guard of Saint-Malo. During the Hundred Days, he served as a chief of Legion and maintained order. He resigned after the Battle of Waterloo and...
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William Death (category British people of the Seven Years' War)
survived the battle, but was shot after he had struck the colours. His body was tossed into the sea. The badly damaged Terrible was towed to Saint-Malo. When...
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