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HUISNES-SUR-MER
Manche
- 5 km east of Mont-Saint-Michel
General Patton's 3rd Army poured into the breakthrough
West
of the Normandy front, the breakthrough was gained by the Allied Forces
with the Operation Cobra, launched on 25 July 1944. On 31 July, the
Americans entered Avranches, General Wood who commands the 4th Armoured
Division called to General Patton and announced him that the bridge
in Pontaubault was intact. General Patton understood that seizing
this bridge was essential for the success. If the Allied Forces could
exit from the Normandy brigehead, a great step toward the victory
would be made in the Campaign of France. Patton established at once
the operation for exploiting the Breakthrough. His divisions poured
into the breakthrough toward Brittany. The 79th Infantry Division
reached the Mont-Saint-Michel on 1st August, and liberated Huisnes-sur-Mer
in the progression.
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German ossuary
