Soissons

Sois·sons  (swä-s)

A city of northern France northeast of Paris. An ancient Roman town, Soissons was long the scene of conflict, including Clovis I's defeat of the Roman legions (a.d. 486) and heavy bombardment during World Wars I and II. Population: 28,600.

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Soissons (French) [swasɔ̃]

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(Placename) a city in N France, on the Aisne River: has Roman remains and an 11th-century abbey. Pop.: 32 144 (1990)

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Soissons - a battle in World War I (May 1918); the Germans tried to attack before the American numbers were too great to defeat; the tactical success of the Germans proved to be a strategic failure battle of Soissons-Reims, battle of the Aisne, battle of the Chemin-des-Dames First World War, Great War, War to End War, World War 1, World War I - a war between the allies (Russia, France, British Empire, Italy, United States, Japan, Rumania, Serbia, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, Montenegro) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria) from 1914 to 1918 France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe