Carentan (French pronunciation: [kaʁɑ̃'tɑ̃]) is a small rural town near the north-eastern base of the French Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy in north-western...

The Battle of Carentan was an engagement in World War II between airborne forces of the United States Army and the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of...

Operation Carentan and Operation Carentan II were security operations conducted during the Vietnam War by the U.S. 1st and 2nd Brigades, 101st Airborne...

Carentan Airfield is an abandoned World War II military airfield, which is located near the commune of Carentan in the Normandy region of northern France...

support of the landings at Utah beach, participated in the liberation of Carentan and again parachuted into action during Operation Market Garden. They also...

temporary case of hysterical blindness following the fierce fight to capture Carentan. He recovered and was part of a patrol investigating a farmhouse a few...

Carentan-les-Marais (French pronunciation: [kaʁɑ̃tɑ̃ le maʁɛ]) is a commune in the department of Manche, northwestern France. Carentan-les-Marais is located...

Château de Carentan was a castle in Carentan, Manche, France. A castle has existed at Carentan since the 11th century. The castle was besieged by Jean...

30 (U.S. Army designation), approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Carentan in Normandy, France, on June 13, 1944. It involved elements of the German...

Gare de Carentan is a railway station serving the town Carentan, Manche department, Normandy, northwestern France. It is situated on the Mantes-la-Jolie–Cherbourg...

Winters wrestle him, and was replaced by Buck Compton. The capture of Carentan would allow the Americans to link Omaha and Utah beaches, providing access...

the south of Carentan. From there, led by Company E, the 2nd battalion of the 506th PIR (Band of Brothers) attacked north into Carentan at daylight as...

northwestern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Carentan-les-Marais. It was one of the least populated communes in Manche. It is...

artillery battery, capture the Douve River lock at la Barquette (opposite Carentan), capture two footbridges spanning the Douve at la Porte opposite Brévands...

machine gun nest with grenades before joining the rest of the division near Carentan. Sobel spent the remainder of the war as a staff officer in the 506th,...

north-western France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune Carentan-les-Marais. Communes of the Manche department Téléchargement du fichier...

The canton of Carentan-les-Marais (before March 2020: canton of Carentan) is an administrative division of the Manche department. Its borders were modified...

On D-Day+4, Baker links up with Cole to secure a causeway leading to Carentan, a crossroad town linking Utah and Omaha beaches. Stuka bombers, however...

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Company members and worked their way just south of their objective of Carentan. During the Battle of Normandy, Lipton was lightly wounded by German 88 mm...

exits off the beaches, and to establish crossings over the Douve river at Carentan to help the U.S. V Corps merge the two American beachheads. The assaulting...

major goals beyond the establishment of the beachheads on the first day. Carentan, Saint-Lô, and Bayeux remained in German hands, and Caen, a major objective...

1st battalion of the 6th had been ordered to Sainte Marie-du-Mont from Carentan during the afternoon but arrived after dark. The 1st Company 919th Grenadier...

continue. 44 18 "Carentan" Steven A. Adelson James Thorpe June 6, 2011 (2011-06-06) 0.92 Magnus' team and Declan travel to Carentan, Normandy to investigate...

Berlichingen. This action delayed the 17th SS Panzergrenadier's counterattack on Carentan, which was repulsed at the Battle of Bloody Gulch on June 13. After retaking...

Air Force to bomb the bridges. The Filthy Thirteen also helped capture Carentan. During Operation Market Garden, the Demolition Platoon was assigned to...

on 27 March after a short siege, and Kyriell continued onto French-held Carentan, which he reached on 12 April. Despite a number of small skirmishes, Clermont...

Normandy, was ordered to seize Carentan. In the ensuing battle, the 101st forced passage across the causeway into Carentan on 10–11 June. A lack of ammunition...

Normandy on June 6, 1944. Shortly after Easy Company fought in the Battle of Carentan on June 12, 1944, he was moved up to the regimental level as the 506th...

Germans dug into fortified emplacements above the beaches. Caen, Cherbourg, Carentan, Falaise and other Norman towns endured many casualties in the Battle of...