Battle of Carentan
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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 Normandy. The battle took place from 10 to 14 June 1944, on the approaches to and within the town of Carentan, France.
1944
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USS Glennon,
- The Operations Room page@
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1944 Battle of Carentan
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1450 | Battle of Formigny | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1798 | Battle of the Îles Saint-Marcouf | France, Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1799 | Battle of Lorey | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | American airborne landings in Normandy | United States, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Pointe du Hoc | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Brécourt Manor Assault | battle, Wehrmacht, 101st Airborne Division, attack | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Carentan | United States, Nazi Germany, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Graignes | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Bloody Gulch | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Moulin des Rondelles | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of La Haye-du-Puits | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Foret de Mont Castre | battle, 90th Infantry Division | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1944 | Battle of Saint-Lô | United States, battle | Wikidata |
| link | page | The Operations Room page@ | Wikidata | ||
| object | watercraft | SS Pennsylvanian | cargo ship | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Glennon | Gleaves-class destroyer, destroyer | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS PC-1261 | submarine chaser, PC-461-class submarine chaser | Wikidata | |
| object | watercraft | USS Rich | destroyer escort, Buckley-class destroyer escort | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Batterie d'Azeville | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Battery of La Madeleine | artillery battery | Wikidata | |
| site | artillery battery | Crisbecq Battery | artillery battery, military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Resistance Nest 62 | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | bunker | Widerstandsnest 65 | bunker | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Ancienne redoute d'Audouville | redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fort de Ravenoville | redoubt | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | Fortifications des îles Saint-Marcouf | sea fort | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | îles Saint-Marcouf | sea fort, archipelago | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | Omaha Beach Memorial Museum | military museum | Wikidata | |
| site | museum | 1964 | Airborne Museum | military cemetery, military museum | Wikidata |
| commons | image | Map of German Counterattack on Carentan | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Carentan - Farmhouse Attack | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Battle for Carentan - Map | Commons | ||
| commons | image | The Road To Carentan | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Nazi flag | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Americans Patrol Streets of Carentan | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Battle of Carentan, France - American paratroopers drive a German Jeep through Carentan | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Liberation of Carentan | Commons | ||
| commons | image | American Dead Carentan 1944 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Airborne Troops in Carentan Captured Kubelwagen (cropped) | Commons | ||









