Église Notre-Dame (Carentan)
France /
Basse-Normandie /
Saint-Hilaire-Petitville /
Carentan /
place Guillaume de Cerisay
World
/ France
/ Basse-Normandie
/ Saint-Hilaire-Petitville
church, monument, listed building / architectural heritage
When the 101st Airborne entered the town of Carentan on June 12, 1944 (D-Day + 6) after heavy fighting on the two previous days, they met relatively light resistance. The bulk of the surviving German defenders (from the 6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment) had withdrawn to the southwest the previous night after a heavy Allied naval and artillery bombardment. Both sides realized the importance of the city: for the Americans, it was a link between Utah Beach and Omaha Beach, and would provide a base for further attacks deeper into German-occupied France. For the Germans, recapturing Carentan would be the first step towards driving a wedge between the two U.S. landing beaches, severely disrupting and possibly even destroying the Allied invasion.
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Coordinates: 49°18'20"N 1°14'35"W
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