Saint-Lô
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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French President Emmanuel Macron will pay homage to civilian victims in commemorations Wednesday in Saint-Lo, a Normandy town that became emblematic of losses from Allied bombing when it was razed on June 6 and 7, 1944.
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Playwright Samuel Beckett dubbed Saint-Lo “The Capital of the Ruins” after working there with the Irish Red Cross.
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Those killed in Saint-Lo included Marguerite Lecarpentier’s older brother, Henri.
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When her family subsequently fled Saint-Lo, they crossed through what was left of the town.
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“When one thinks that they landed on June 6 and that Saint-Lo was only liberated on July 18 and they lost enormous numbers of soldiers.”
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