Carentan

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commune of France

Carentan is a small town in Normandy, France, known for its strategic role in the D-Day landings and subsequent World War II battles.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	commune of France →
administrativeStatus	former commune →
capturedBy	U.S. 101st Airborne Division → U.S. 82nd Airborne Division →
country	France →
departmentCode	50 →
event	Battle of Carentan →
eventDate	June 1944 →
hasCemetery	military graves and memorials (vicinity) →
hasCulturalReference	depicted in World War II films and series → featured in the TV miniseries Band of Brothers →
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture → tourism →
hasHeritage	World War II memorials → historic town center →
hasRoadConnection	routes between Cherbourg and Caen →
hasTransport	canal harbor → railway station →
historicalRegion	Cotentin and Bessin Marshes →
inConflict	Second World War →
inOperation	Normandy landings NERFINISHED → Operation Overlord NERFINISHED →
knownFor	Battle of Carentan in June 1944 → strategic role in the Normandy landings →
locatedIn	Cotentin Peninsula → Manche department → Normandy → northwestern France NERFINISHED →
locatedNear	Baie des Veys → Douve River NERFINISHED → Vire River NERFINISHED →
locatedOn	Carentan Canal →
mergedInto	Carentan-les-Marais →
mergerDate	2016 →
nearbyCity	Caen NERFINISHED → Cherbourg-en-Cotentin NERFINISHED → Saint-Lô →
opposedBy	German Fallschirmjäger units →
partOf	arrondissement of Saint-Lô → canton of Carentan-les-Marais →
region	Basse-Normandie (former administrative region) → Normandie (current administrative region) →
strategicImportance	road and rail junction in Normandy →
strategicRole	linking Utah Beach and Omaha Beach beachheads →
timeZone	Central European Time →
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time →
tourismType	military history tourism →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Carentan-les-Marais →	formedByMergerOf
Carentan-les-Marais →	hasFormerName
Utah Beach →	nearbyTown