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    the former commune of Sainte-Croix-de-Saint-, south of Saint-Thomas-de-Saint-, absorbed in 1964. Saint- has a mild oceanic climate characterised...
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    Battle of Saint- was one of the three conflicts in the battle of the hedgerows which took place between July 7 and 19, 1944, in Saint-, Manche, Normandy...
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  • Football Club Saint- Manche is a French association football club founded in 1965. They are based in the town of Saint- and their home stadium is...
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    la ville de Saint- - Jumelages". saint-lo.fr. Ville de Saint-. Retrieved June 11, 2024. "Jumelages — Ville de Saint-Ghislain". saint-ghislain.be....
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    arrondissement was 84,327 in 2013. Arrondissement of Saint-, (prefecture of the Manche department: Saint-) with 87 communes. The population of the arrondissement...
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    Gare de Saint- is a railway station serving the town Saint-, Manche department, Normandy, northwestern France. It is situated on the Lison–Lamballe...
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  • Château de Saint- was a castle in Saint-, Normandy, France. Charlemagne built a fortified place at Saint- in response to the incursions of the Vikings...
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    Saint--d'Ourville (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ lo duʁvil]) is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January...
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  • Siege of Saint- may refer to: Siege of Saint- (889), the siege, capture, and subsequent massacre of the city by Vikings Siege of Saint- (1141), the...
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  • Saint- Agglo is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the town of Saint-. It is located in the Manche department...
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    support to the divisions resisting the American advance near Saint-. The area around Saint- consists of small fields with high ancient hedgerows and sunken...
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    because of the almost complete destruction of Saint- during the Battle of Normandy following D-Day. When Saint- was rebuilt, it once again became the capital...
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    effort to capture the strategic French town of Saint-. He became immortalized as "The Major of St. Lo". Howie was a native of Abbeville, South Carolina...
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    Laud of Coutances (redirect from Saint Laud)
    Saint Laud of Coutances (variants: Lauto, Laudo, Launus, popularly: Saint ) was the fifth bishop of Coutances and is venerated as a saint in the Roman...
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    energy, elegance, and conformation. The Haras National de Saint- (National Stud of Saint-) was founded in 1806 by Napoleon. This stud and the Haras...
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    Army to take Saint- and Coutances and then make two southward thrusts; one from Caumont toward Vire and Mortain and the other from Saint- toward Villedieu...
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    départements of Calvados and Manche, flowing through the towns of Vire, Saint- and Isigny-sur-Mer, finally flowing out into the English Channel. Its main...
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    arrondissement of Saint- were, as of January 2015: Canisy Carentan Marigny Percy Saint-Clair-sur-l'Elle Saint-Jean-de-Daye Saint--Est Saint--Ouest Tessy-sur-Vire...
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    reached positions only 3 miles (4.8 km) short of Saint-, but the fighting in the Battle of Saint- bogged down in the difficult bocage terrain of Normandy...
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    beachheads at each of the five landing sites on the first day, but Carentan, Saint-, and Bayeux remained in German hands. Caen, a major objective, was not...
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    of the Wehrmacht from 1943 until 1945. It was set up in the area around Saint- and then sent to Omaha Beach in December 1943. Oberst i.G. Ernst Goth was...
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    ended up taking nearly two months, and US forces had expected to control Saint- by the 7 June, yet German resistance delayed this until after Caen's liberation...
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  • The canton of Saint--1 is an administrative division of the Manche department, northwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation...
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    which were not made fully operational until September. The Battle of Saint- is one of the three conflicts in the Battle of the Hedgerows (fr), which...
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    Omaha Beach. The rest of the 29th ID came ashore later, then advanced to Saint-, and eventually through France and into Germany. Following the end of World...
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  • The canton of Saint--2 is an administrative division of the Manche department, northwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation...
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  • Saint- is a commune in the Manche department of France. St. Lo or Saint- may also refer to: Laud of Coutances, the bishop after which Saint- was...
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  • Senegalese musician Maodo (born 1992), German basketball player LO (disambiguation) Saint- This page lists people with the surname . If an internal link...
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    Beauvais (Oise) : 80% Lorient (Morbihan) : 80 % Brest (Finistère) : 80 % Saint- (Manche): 77% Falaise (Calvados): 76% Lisieux (Calvados): 75% The bombings...
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    several weeks. Kraiss suffered a severe wound on August 2, 1944, near Saint-, and died on 6 August. He was posthumously awarded the Knight's Cross of...
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