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Battle of Carentan

Coordinates: 49°18′18″N 1°14′58″W / 49.30500°N 1.24944°W / 49.30500; -1.24944 (Battle of Carentan)
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Battle of Carentan
Part of Operation Overlord, Battle of Normandy
Map depicting the Battle for Carentan
Scheme of attack, Battle of Carentan
Date10–14 June 1944
Location
49°18′18″N 1°14′58″W / 49.30500°N 1.24944°W / 49.30500; -1.24944 (Battle of Carentan)
Carentan, France
Result American victory
Belligerents
United States  Germany
Commanders and leaders
United States Maxwell D. Taylor
United States Anthony McAuliffe
United States Maurice Rose
United States Robert Sink		 Nazi Germany Friedrich von der Heydte
Nazi Germany Werner Ostendorff
Units involved
101st Airborne Division
2nd Armored Division

2nd Parachute Division

  • 6th Fallschirmjäger Regiment

91st Infantry Division

  • 1058th Grenadier Regiment
  • Elements of the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division
Strength
11 airborne infantry battalions
1 tank battalion
1 mechanized infantry battalion		 2 parachute infantry battalions
2 Infantry battalions