- The
Douve (French pronunciation: [duv]) or Ouve is a river, 78.6 km (48.8 mi) in length,
which rises in the
commune of Tollevast, near
Cherbourg in the...
- link the
lodgements at Utah and
Omaha beaches which were
divided by the
Douve river estuary (nearby
fields were
flooded by the
Germans up to the town's...
-
artillery battery,
capturing the
Douve river lock at La
Barquette (opposite Carentan),
capturing two
footbridges spanning the
Douve at La
Porte opposite Brévands...
- the
Douve River to the west and north, a boat
basin to the northeast, and the Vire-Taute
Canal to the east. The
Germans flooded much of the
Douve River...
- Crosville-sur-
Douve (French pronunciation: [kʁovil syʁ duv],
literally Crosville on
Douve) is a
commune in the
Manche department in
Normandy in north-western...
- Normandy, Utah is on the
Cotentin Peninsula, west of the
mouths of the
Douve and Vire rivers.
Amphibious landings at Utah were
undertaken by
United States...
- Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to west of Vierville-sur-Mer on the
right bank of the
Douve River estuary.
Landings here were
necessary to link up the
British landings...
- (Wijtschate) and Vierstraat–Wytschaete
roads and to dig two
tunnels between the
Douve river and the south-east end of
Plugstreet (Ploegsteert) Wood, the objectives...
-
capture causeway 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...
- la knowledge-Hachette - Paris, 1967) Max
Havelaar de
Multatuli (Edouard
Douves Dekker)
first translation in
France (the
previous versions being Belgian)...
