Taylor’s staff officers stressed that the town “was the channel through which Germany could pour its hordes upon our landing forces while they struggled through the water and sought a shaky foothold on the landing beaches.”Ĭarentan’s lifeblood was dairy farming. In the marshaling area back in England before D-Day. Reuters war correspondent Bob Reuben remembered how seriously the 101st Airborne anticipated the battle for Carentan. Lô, the double-tracked railroad from Paris to Cherbourg cut through the center of town, making it strategically important for German communications. Straddling the main highway from Cherbourg to Caen and St. Although only a small city of 4,100 civilians, Carentan was larger than any other community in the lower Cotentin Peninsula.
Taylor’s forces needed to take the town in order to consolidate the beachheads at Omaha and Utah. Paratroopers prepare for takeoff for Normandy.
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