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The Battle of Carentan: “You’re Gonna Die Here!”. The Band of Brothers fought their way into the strategically vital French town of Carentan to support the expansion of the Omaha and Utah D-Day beachheads. This article appears in: October 2018.
Feb 13, 2013 · Carentan. Four major highways and a railroad converged in the city of Carentan to make it one of the strategic points to link the 2 beachheads Omaha and Utah. 5 days of fear fighting made Carentan a difficult objective to meet.
The story of the battle of Carentan during the D-Day in Normandy : 6 days of fighting to liberate the town and secure the link between the D-Day beaches. OT Baie du Cotentin – Sainte Mère Eglise et Carentan
Jul 25, 2006 · Battle to Control Carentan During World War II. General Omar Bradley knew he had to have Carentan. The crossroads town of some 4,000 people sat astride the N-13 highway as well as the Cherbourg–Paris railroad, which meant that in June 1944 it was also positioned between the American landing beaches at Utah and Omaha.
In Carentan, the Battle of the Hedges Museum known as the NORMANDY VICTORY MUSEUM is one of the must-see museums in Normandy, on the theme of the Second World War and Memory. It highlights an event that is less well known than the D-Day landings, yet decisive in the road to victory: the Battle of the Hedges.
The Lions of Carentan Part II: Defending Carentan. After American airborne troops took Ste.-Mere-Eglise and St.-Come-du-Mont, it was Fallschirmjäger Regiment 6’s job to keep the vital city of Carentan from the Yanks. This article appears in: Fall 2012.
If the priority of the Allies on D-Day is to ensure a solid bridgehead in the Cotentin, the capture of Carentan comes immediately after. Carentan was bombed by the Allied Air Force on June 6, 1944 at 4:30 am: this raid is aimed more particularly at the bridges and the railways of the sector.
