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Title
Le Manoir
Description
Lieutenant John Dolan was the commanding officer of Able Company of the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. His company conducted a textbook drop on the night of June 6, collecting all but two of the 136 men assigned. Able …
Publisher
Date
1944-06-06
Scenario#
BOH03
Scenario Description
Lieutenant John Dolan was the commanding officer of Able Company of the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment. His company conducted a textbook drop on the night of June 6, collecting all but two of the 136 men assigned. Able Company's objective was a large farmhouse (actually a collection of stone houses) that guarded the approaches to a critical bridge across the Merdet. When they arrived in the vicinity, the Germans in the house took them under fire. Thus would begin a long and bitter defense of the farm that would only be defeated when two flanking parties eventually hit the manor from opposing sides. - Mark H. Walker
Location
Sw Of Neuville, France
Battle Name
Battle Narrative
The Battle of Carentan was an engagement in World War II between airborne forces of the United States Army and the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of Normandy. The battle took place between 6 and 13 June 1944, on the approaches to and within the town of Carentan, France. The objective of the attacking American forces was consolidation of the U.S. beachheads (Utah Beach and Omaha Beach) and establishment of a continuous defensive line against expected German counterattacks. The defending German force attempted to hold the town long enough to allow reinforcements en route from the south to arrive, prevent or delay the merging of the lodgments, and keep the U.S. First Army from launching an attack towards Lessay-Périers that would cut off the Cotentin Peninsula. Carentan was defended by two battalions of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6 (6th Parachute Regiment) of the 2nd Fallschirmjäger-Division and two Ost battalions. The 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, ordered to reinforce Carentan, was delayed by transport shortages and attacks by Allied aircraft. The attacking 10ist Airborne Division, landed by parachute on 6 June as part of the American airborne landings in Normandy, was ordered to seize Carentan. In the ensuing battle, the 10ist forced passage across the causeway into Carentan on 10 and 11 June. A lack of ammunition forced the German forces to withdraw on 12 June. The 17th SS PzG Division counter-attacked the 10ist Airborne on 13 June. Initially successful, its attack was thrown back by Combat Command A (CCA) of the U.S. 2nd Armored Division.
Narrative Source
Combatants
American
Germany

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