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...

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...

Crosville-sur-Douve (French pronunciation: [kʁovil syʁ duv], literally Crosville on Douve) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western...

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...

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...

Liesville-sur-Douve (French pronunciation: [ljɛvil syʁ duv], literally Liesville on Douve) is a commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western...

(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, capturing the Douve river lock at La Barquette (opposite Carentan), capturing two footbridges spanning the Douve at La Porte opposite Brévands...

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...

troops. At the far end of the causeway was the last of four bridges over the Douve River flood plain. Beyond the last bridge was Carentan, which the 101st...

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, capture the Douve River lock at la Barquette (opposite Carentan), capture two footbridges spanning the Douve River at la Porte opposite...

causeways behind Utah Beach and destroying road and rail bridges over the Douve River. The C-47s could not fly in a tight formation because of thick cloud...

1:10 decline westwards. Further south, is the muddy valley of the River Douve, Ploegsteert Wood (Plugstreet to the British) and Hill 63. West of Messines...

Lys/Leie (Ghent) Mandel (Wielsbeke) Heulebeek (Kuurne) Gaverbeek (Kortrijk) Douve (Comines-Warneton) Deûle/Deule or Feule (Deûlémont) Marque (Wasquehal) Souchez...

Air Forces. They were ordered to secure or destroy the bridges over the Douve River. Half were killed, wounded, or captured on the jump, but the rest...

members of the Saint-Sauveur family, at their seat Saint-Sauveur on the Douve. King Alan the Great of Brittany (d. 907) waged war successfully on the...

artillery battery, capture the Douve River lock at la Barquette (opposite Carentan), capture two footbridges spanning the Douve at la Porte opposite Brévands...

France but the unit's glider is shot down near the village of Desponts-Sur-Douve. Fairburne manages to drive out the occupying force allowing the Rangers...

Couvains Couville Crasville Créances Les Cresnays Crollon Crosville-sur-Douve Cuves Dangy Le Dézert Digosville Domjean Donville-les-Bains Doville Dragey-Ronthon...

Orne (in Ouistreham) Vire (near Isigny-sur-Mer) Aure (in Isigny-sur-Mer) Douve (near Carentan) Sée (near Avranches) Sélune (near Avranches) Couesnon (near...

highly personal Du mouvement et de l'immobilité de Douve [fr] (On the Motion and Immobility of Douve, 1953) that Bonnefoy found his voice and that his...

Division helped protect the southern flank and captured the lock on the River Douve at La Barquette, but did not capture the assigned nearby bridges on the...

was the edge of the allied right flank along the left bank of the river Douve estuary. On La Madeleine beach stands a museum dedicated to the Utah Beach...

Sainte-Honorine-des-Pertes to west of Vierville-sur-Mer on the right bank of the Douve river estuary. Landings here were necessary to link the British landings...

1:10 decline westwards. Further south, is the muddy valley of the River Douve, Ploegsteert Wood (Plugstreet to the British) and Hill 63. West of Messines...

assisted in the D-Day landings. He was on the first flight and landed in the Douve River, diving several times to retrieve his Mass kit. The 501st helped to...

Couvains Couville Crasville Créances Les Cresnays Crollon Crosville-sur-Douve Cuves Dangy Le Dézert Digosville Domjean Donville-les-Bains Doville Dragey-Ronthon...

former Communauté de communes de la Saire, and the Communauté de communes de Douve et Divette. To this date, it is merged to the deanery of La Hague, to become...