| 词条 | Carentan |
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|name = Carentan |type = Delegated commune |image = Carentan port de plaisance.jpg |caption = Port |arrondissement = Saint-Lô |canton = Carentan |INSEE = 50099 |postal code = 50500 |commune = Carentan-les-Marais |coordinates = {{coord|49.30|-1.25|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 6 |elevation min m = 0 |elevation max m = 30 |area km2 = 15.66 |population = 6340 |population date = 1999 }} Carentan ({{IPA-fr|kaʁɛ̃tɑ̃|pron}}) is a small rural town near the north-eastern base of the French Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy in north-western France near the port city of Cherbourg, with a population somewhat over 6,000. It is a former commune in the Manche department. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Carentan-les-Marais.[1] The town was a strategic early goal of the World War II landings as capturing the town was necessary to link the lodgements at Utah and Omaha beaches which were divided by the Douve River estuary (nearby fields were flooded by the Germans up to the town's outskirts). The town was also needed as an intermediate staging position for the capture of the cities of Cherbourg and Octeville, with the critically important port facilities in Cherbourg. HistoryCarentan is close to the sites of the medieval Battle of Formigny of the Hundred Years' War. The town is also likely the site of the historical references to the ancient gallic port (documented by Roman sources) as Crociatonum[2] a possession of the Unelli (or Veneli or also Venelli) tribe (Greek: Οὐένελοι) as it is situated on the Douve River slightly inland from the beaches at Normandy—geographically, such gentle terrain as is nearby down the river valley is excellent for boat building[3] World War IIIn the early hours of June 6, 1944, the U.S. 82nd Airborne and 101st Airborne divisions landed at the base of the Cotentin Peninsula. Although the landings were scattered, they nevertheless secured most of the routes by which the U.S. VII Corps would advance from Utah Beach, the rightmost flank of the allied forces separated from the landings at Omaha and the other beachheads by the Douve River. The U.S. 4th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach shortly after dawn with few casualties, and began staging for a move against the fortified port of Cherbourg, for the port was critical to allied operations. In the immediate aftermath of the landings, the priority for the Allies at Utah Beach was to link up with the main Allied landings further east. This job was tasked to the 101st Airborne, who had landed in the area and had been conducting raids against inland targets, such as artillery emplacements, and securing and cutting off the area from German reinforcements. On June 9, the 101st Airborne had reorganized sufficiently from the haphazard scattering of its units. They managed to cross the flooded Douve River using a few causeways passing through the flooded fields. The next day Carentan fell to the 101st in the Battle of Carentan. Beginning with a dawn assault, it was an all-day, hard-fought, house-to-house fight against German troops embedded in strongly prepared positions. The capture of the town gave the Allies a continuous front joining Omaha to Utah Beach and the other three lodgements to the east of Omaha. Possession of the town was maintained despite a German armor reinforced counterattack just to the south-west of town on the 13th known as the Battle of Bloody Gulch. On 15 June, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground for fighter aircraft south of the town. Declared operational on 25 June, the airfield was designated as "A-10". It was used by P-47 Thunderbolts of the 50th Fighter Group until mid-August, then as a support airfield for supplies and evacuation of wounded personnel until November when it was closed. Today, a small private airfield is located on part of the wartime facility.[4][5] 101st Airborne MarchThe "101st Airborne March" was composed by Daniel Bourdelès, a Norman composer, for the celebration of the liberation of Carentan, in June 1944. This march created in Carentan is extracted from the CD "Carentan, the sky memory" (1994), produced by the town. It is regularly used as a musical illustration for the Normandy liberation films on France3 regional TV. Heraldry{{Blazon-arms|img1=Blason_ville_fr_Carentan_(Manche).svg |legend1=Arms of Carentan |text=The arms of Carentan are blazoned : Argent, an eagle displayed within 9 billets in orle gules, on a chief azure, 3 fleurs de lys Or.}} Twinned towns
See also{{Portal|Normandy}}
References1. ^[https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2015/12/23/INTB1532309A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral] 23 December 2015 {{fr}} {{Commons category|Carentan}}2. ^{{Barrington|7 & notes}} 3. ^Anthropological inference, the slight damming of the river created a succession of shallow flooded fields (ponds)—such flats are excellent for setting up wooden boats. 4. ^Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama. 5. ^Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. {{ISBN|0-89201-092-4}}. 2 : Former communes of Manche|World War II sites in France |
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