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- Carentan (French pronunciation: [kaʁɑ̃tɑ̃]) 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...
- support of the landings at Utah beach, parti****ted in the liberation of Carentan and again parachuted into action during Operation Market Garden. They also...
- Château de Carentan (French pronunciation: [ʃato də kaʁɑ̃tɑ̃]) was a castle in Carentan, Manche, France. A castle has existed at Carentan since the 11th...
- Operation Carentan and Operation Carentan II were security operations conducted during the Vietnam War by the U.S. 1st and 2nd Brigades, 101st Airborne...
- or Hill 30 (U.S. Army designation), about 1 mile (1.6 km) southwest of Carentan in Normandy, France, on June 13, 1944. It involved elements of the German...
- seize the town of Carentan, a major road and rail hub that served as a critical junction between Utah and Omaha beaches. As such Carentan was heavily defended...
- 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...
- establish beachheads at each of the five landing sites on the first day, but Carentan, Saint-Lô, and Bayeux remained in German hands. Caen, a major objective...
- (sent to A Company, he would be killed by a sniper during the Battle of Carentan on 18 June 1944) and Myron Ranney, sent to I Company. Still, Sink realized...