18 June 1944
Capture of St Lo
An attack of St Lo is launched but is slowed down by the Normandy countryside, bocage
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at St Lo in United States of America. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
An attack of St Lo is launched but is slowed down by the Normandy countryside, bocage
The US advances across St Lo to Periers Road
2,500 bombers from the Eighth & 9th Air Forces open a gap west of St Lo
Pushes Patton through a gap in the German defence toward Avranches
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