"Battle of Bloody Gulch - Normandy (13 Jun 44)" Topic
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| Centurion9046 | 13 Dec 2014 9:17 p.m. PST |
I am looking for some supplementary information on the Battle of Bloody Gulch – Normandy (13 Jun 44) which was principally fought between E/506 PIR and elements of 6 FJR and 17SS Pz Div in the vicinity of Carentan. I have obviously referred to Band of Brothers (Ambrose) as a primer, however, I am interested in conducting some more granular research. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. |
| Katzbalger | 13 Dec 2014 9:23 p.m. PST |
There is info from the Army's CMH--I remember downloading a map and such--probably from one of the documents here: link Sorry I can't be more specific, but my research on this was about 10 years (or maybe a little more) ago and I just can't remember which document had the info. Good luck! Rob |
| Centurion9046 | 13 Dec 2014 9:39 p.m. PST |
Rob, Thanks for the link. I found some helpful information within the UTAH BEACH TO CHERBOURG (6 June-27 June 1944) CMH document. |
| Lt Col Pedant | 14 Dec 2014 2:54 a.m. PST |
For atmosphere try Louis Simpson's poem 'Carentan'. |
| Simo Hayha | 14 Dec 2014 10:49 a.m. PST |
I did a ton of research on this battle.
What size game are you trying to play?
What information are you looking for?
lions of carentan Volker Griesser
link
link
PDF link |
| Simo Hayha | 14 Dec 2014 10:54 a.m. PST |
Combatants.
101st airborne whole division minus the glider troops. division about half strength
2nd armored. was a combat command I believe
No artillery support for allies
6th fallschirmjager regiment
2 and 3 rd battalions
- You know when they clear out carentan before bloody gulch, they are fighting whats left of 1st battalion . out of 800 men only around 10 were left by the end of june 12th.
17thss panzergrenadier
equipped with 43 stugs and 12-14 marders. |
| tuscaloosa | 14 Dec 2014 2:31 p.m. PST |
What a great poem BF, thanks for the tip. |
| Steve Wilcox | 14 Dec 2014 6:13 p.m. PST |
Fantastic poem! Very moving! For anyone who didn't bother to google it:
link |
| Centurion9046 | 14 Dec 2014 7:14 p.m. PST |
Simo, Thanks for the info and links… especially the Fire & Fury link. |
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