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Title
The Next Day
Description
On D-Day the 505th PlR of the 82nd Airborne Division made a storied landing on the town of Sainte Mere Eglise in the Contentin peninsula, strategically important by virtue of being the meeting point of six roads. The town was …
Subject
Source
Publisher
Date
1944-06-07
Scenario#
E3
Scenario Description
On D-Day the 505th PlR of the 82nd Airborne Division made a storied landing on the town of Sainte Mere Eglise in the Contentin peninsula, strategically important by virtue of being the meeting point of six roads. The town was still surrounded by German forces, and the following day the ’AII-Americans’ faced a counter-attack from the north by the 1058th Grenadier Regiment with assault guns in support. Company B of the 746th Tank Battalion broke through the cordon to reinforce the hard pressed paratroopers and assist in repelling the attack.
Location
Sainte Mere Eglise, France
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
Sainte-Mère-Église is a commune in the northwestern French department of Manche, in Normandy. On 1 January 2016, the former communes of Beuzeville-au-Plain, Chef-du-Pont, Écoquenéauville and Foucarville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église. On 1 January 2019, the former communes of Carquebut and Ravenoville were merged into Sainte-Mère-Église.
Narrative Source
Wikipedia: Sainte-Mère-Église
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Combatants
German
American
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