Everything about Carentan totally explained
Carentan is a town and
commune of the
Manche département in
Normandy,
France. It is also the chief town of the
canton of Carentan in the
arrondissement of Saint-Lô. It is likely the site of ancient
Crociatonum. This town is close to the site of the
World War II Battle of Bloody Gulch.
Popular culture
Carentan has been featured on many
World War II themed games and TV series, including the computer games
Call of Duty and
Call of Duty 2 as a multiplayer map, as well as
Company of Heroes,, and
Battlefield 1942 as the map "Bocage". Carentan was also featured in the
BBC/
HBO WW2 series
Band of Brothers.
101st Airborne March created in Carentan
The "101st Airborne March" was composed by
Daniel Bourdelès, a Norman composer, for the celebration of the liberation of Carentan, in June 1994. This march is extracted from the CD "Carentan, the sky memory" (1994), produced by the town. It is steadily used as a musical illustration for the Normandy liberation films on France3 regional TV. You can hear it here: http://magene.chez-alice.fr/airborne.html
Twinned Town
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