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PERIERS/MILLIERES
Manche - 26 and 28 km west of Saint-Lô
The
Germans escaped during the night
The Operation Cobra had began on 25 July 1944, the
first German lines west of Saint-Lô had been dismantled. On
26 June the Americans attacked on the front of the VIIIth Army Corps
from Périers to Lessay. General Middleton's objective was to
attract German forces while the breakthrough was on the way. Facing
to Périers the soldiers of the 90th Infantry Division met with
surprising agression from the Germans, the progression is not significant.
The following day the assault was renewed after a preliminary artillery
bombing preparation. The Americans found out that the enemy had left
its positions; the SS of the 2nd Panzer-Division Das reich and the
parachutists of the 6th Regiment had withdrawn during the night. The
359th Regiment of the 90th Infantry Division under General Landrum
entered ruined Périers on 27 July. Millières was liberated
by the 8th Infantry division commanded by General Stroh.
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90th
Infantry Division monument
Périers
Monument
commemorating the liberation of Périers by the soldiers
of the 90th American Infantry Division under general Landrum.
It was inaugurated in 2000, this monument represents three 90th
Division's soldiers killed in the area : Virgil Tangborn, medic
killed in Amfreville on 14 June, Richard Richtman, infantry
man killed in Périers on 26 July, Andrew Speese, infantry
man killed in Le Plessis-Lastelle on 6 July.
Situation
: on the city main place, in front of the city hall
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8th Infantry Division
stele
Millières
Stele
in memory of the soldiers of the 8th American Infantry
Division killed for the liberation of Millières
from 26 to 28 July 1944.
Situation
: near D431 road, north of the town
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90th Infantry Division plaque
Périers
Plaque
dedicated to the soldiers of the 90th American Infantry Division killed
for the liberation of Périers on 27 July 1944.
Situation
: in the center of the town, at the foot of the War memorial
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