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Saint-Malo was once an island, but had been joined to the mainland by a causeway and a road by the time of World War II. [6] [7] The suburb of Paramé was to the east of Saint-Malo, and the fishing port of St. Servan-sur-Mer to the south. [6] The town of Dinard is across the Rance from Saint-Malo. [2]
St Malo, painted c. 1900 by Emil Krause Founded by Gauls in the 1st century BC, the ancient town on the site of Saint-Malo was known as the Roman Reginca or Aletum . By the late 4th century AD, the Saint-Servan district was the site of a major Saxon Shore promontory fort that protected the Rance estuary from seaborne raiders from beyond the ...
The Battle of Saint-Malo was an engagement fought between Allied and German forces to control the French coastal town of Saint-Malo during World War II. The dictionary indicates that engagement and fought mean essentially the same thing. Good point: done Nick-D 04:53, 2 April 2021 (UTC)
Nantes and St Nazaire, the most important ports, were covered by 1 Squadron, 73 Squadron and 242 Squadron, with a small detachment covering Brest. Saint-Malo and Cherbourg were protected by 17 Squadron and 501 Squadron from the aerodrome at Dinard across the bay from Saint-Malo, then later from the Channel Islands.
Battle of Saint-Malo [17] 1944-08-17: Tarbes: 6: Occitanie ... History of Pouzin in the Second World War ... End of World War II in Europe ...
Taking the offensive, the 83rd reached the St. Lo-Periers Road, 25 July, and advanced 8 miles (13 km) against strong opposition as the Normandy Campaign ended. After a period of training, elements of the division took Châteauneuf-d'Ille-et-Vilaine, 5 August, and Dinard, 15 August, and approached the heavily fortified area protecting St. Malo.
Fort National, Saint-Malo, at high tide Fort National, Saint-Malo, not at high tide Fort National, seen from Saint-Malo. Fort National is a fort on a tidal island a few hundred metres off the walled city of Saint-Malo. The great military architect Vauban had it built in 1689 to protect Saint-Malo's port. The fort was originally called Fort Royal.
[51] [52] The Minotaur, carrying 468 Organisation Todt workers including women and children from Alderney, was hit by Royal Canadian Navy motor torpedo boats near St Malo; about 250 of the passengers were killed by the explosions or by drowning, on 5 July 1944.