Objectif Carentan

Objectif Carentan 6-15 juin 1944 Author:Georges Bernage Language:French Format:Softcover Dimensions:8.26" x 11.69" Publisher:Heimdal ISBN:9782840484561 Item No. 9782840484561 On June 6, 1944, two American airborne divisions were dropped east of the Contentin Peninsula. One of them, the 101st Airborne Division, was to open the beach outputs for the 4th Infantry Division, which was to land on Utah Beach and identify the passages of the Douve south in the marshes to meet and take Carentan, a small town in the heart of this aquatic area. It was also a strategic crossroads to the junction with the beachhead at Omaha Beach. To take Carentan, the American forces had to unite and a failure dangerously isolated the forces behind the foothold in the Contentin.The German army’s large and an elite regiment, the paratroopers of Fallschirmjager-Regiment 6 von der Heyde, was nearby to face the 101st at the front line. This would b