Historical clue formulations

• Normandy battle site in W.W. II — 2021-10-25
• Battle of the Hedgerows locale — 2020-10-31
• Strategic objective soon after the D-Day invasion — 2020-08-26
• Normandy invasion town — 2019-01-27
• 1944 battle locale — 2017-10-18
• France's so-called "Capital of the Ruins" — 2016-08-21
• Normandy battle site — 2016-05-11
• Town almost destroyed in the D-Day invasion — 2016-03-24
• Battle of Normandy town — 2016-01-20
• 1944 battle site — 2015-12-11
• Scene of W.W. II fighting — 2015-06-18
• W.W. II invasion site — 2014-05-25
• Capital of France's Manche department — 2014-05-23
• D-Day invasion town — 2014-04-20
• D-Day objective — 2013-10-17
• Town in '44 headlines — 2013-03-30
• French town in '44 news — 2012-12-20
• Battle of Normandy site — 2012-11-11
• French town fortified by Charlemagne — 2012-07-14
• W.W. II battle city — 2012-07-08
• W.W. II battle site — 2012-02-22
• Normandy battle site — 2011-11-29
• Normandy battle town — 2010-09-26
• Normandy battle site — 2010-08-30
• Historic town on the Vire — 2010-08-28
• Battle of Normandy town — 2010-07-11
• Battle of Normandy site — 2010-05-09
• Battle town of 1944 — 2009-09-16
• French town in W.W. II fighting — 2009-09-06
• Town in W.W. II headlines — 2009-09-03
• The Vire River flows through it — 2009-07-11
• Manche department capital — 2009-05-17
• French town of W.W. II — 2009-02-26
• 1944 battle site — 2009-02-12
• Normandy town in W.W. II fighting — 2008-08-25
• Normandy invasion town — 2008-07-07
• Capital of Manche, France — 2008-01-21
• Site of July 1944 fighting — 2007-12-20
• Target of heavy W.W. II bombing, 1944 — 2007-11-02
• Normandy town — 2007-10-01
• French town on the Vire — 2007-08-12
• Capital of Manche — 2007-07-04
• French town of W.W. II — 2007-04-15
• Manche's capital — 2007-02-18
• W.W. II city on the Vire — 2007-02-10
• Town near Caen — 2007-01-31
• 1944 battle site — 2007-01-11
• Capital of Manche, France — 2006-10-21
• Site of July 1944 fighting — 2006-09-17
• D-Day campaign town — 2006-08-08