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Battle of Carentan

Battle of Carentan was a battle fought on 10 June 1944 at Carentan, in what is now France. It was part of Operation Overlord. The recorded result: American victory.

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Record

Date10 June 1944
PlaceCarentan, France
49.305N, 1.249W
Part ofOperation Overlord (1944)
KindBattle, interwar and Second World War
ResultAmerican victory
BelligerentsUnited StatesNazi Germany
CommandersMaxwell D. Taylor; Anthony McAuliffe; Maurice Rose; Robert SinkFriedrich von der Heydte; Werner Ostendorff
Strength11 airborne infantry battalions; 1 tank battalion; 1 mechanized infantry battalion2 parachute infantry battalions; 2 Infantry battalions; 2 panzergrenadier battalions; 1 panzer battalion with assault guns
Casualties and lossesAt least 400 KIA; Hundreds wounded; 4 Tanks Destroyed800+ KIA; 2 Tanks destroyed
Battle of CarentanBattle of CarentanBattle of Bloody GulchBattle of GraignesBrécourt Manor AssaultBattle of Pointe du HocBattle of the Îles Saint-MarcoufBattle of GraignesBattle of the Îles Saint-MarcoufRennesDieppeSt.-Brieuc100 km49.305N, 1.249W
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Battle of Carentan is one of 1,912 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 1,142 in present-day France.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q576774, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Carentan, revision 1384552111, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.