- The
Douve (French pronunciation: [duv]) or Ouve is a river, 78.6 km (48.8 mi) in length,
which rises in the
commune of Tollevast, near
Cherbourg in the...
- to the
river Douve. It runs
roughly north-south down the
middle of the
Cotentin peninsula from
Valognes to the
junction with the
Douve at Beuzeville...
- the
Douve River to the west and north, a boat
basin to the northeast, and the Vire-Taute
Canal to the east. The
Germans flooded much of the
Douve River...
- 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...
-
capture causeway exits off the beaches, and to
establish crossings over the
Douve river at
Carentan to help the U.S. V
Corps merge the two
American beachheads...
- (Wijtschate) and Vierstraat–Wytschaete
roads and to dig two
tunnels between the
Douve river and the south-east end of
Plugstreet (Ploegsteert) Wood, the objectives...
- Normandy, Utah is on the
Cotentin Peninsula, west of the
mouths of the
Douve and Vire rivers.
Amphibious landings at Utah were
undertaken by
United States...
-
artillery battery,
capture the
Douve River lock at la
Barquette (opposite Carentan),
capture two
footbridges spanning the
Douve River at la
Porte opposite...
-
since this
sector would be
separated from the main
Allied landings by the
Douve river valley,
which had been
flooded by the
Germans to
deter airborne landings...
-
artillery battery,
capturing the
Douve river lock at La
Barquette (opposite Carentan),
capturing two
footbridges spanning the
Douve at La
Porte opposite Brévands...
