Saint-Germain-sur-Sèves (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ʒɛʁmɛ̃ syʁ sɛv]) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France.

[3] Prior to Operation Cobra in World War II, it was an impediment, a small island in a stretch of a marshy area.

The 358th Regiment of the 90th Infantry Division under General Eugene M. Landrum started the attack on 22 July, but without air support because of bad weather.

In the evening the German Fallschirmjäger with company leader Alexander Uhlig counterattacked with one tank of the 2nd Panzer Regiment.

The Americans were driven back, in one hour they had suffered losses of 100 soldiers killed, 400 wounded, and 250 prisoners.