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    The Cotentin Peninsula (US: /ˌkoʊtɒ̃ˈtæ̃/, French: [kɔtɑ̃tɛ̃]; Norman: Cotentîn [kotɑ̃ˈtẽ] ), also known as the Cherbourg Peninsula, is a peninsula in...
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    the landings: Brittany, the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy, and the Pas-de-Calais. As Brittany and Cotentin are peninsulas, it would have been possible...
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    and from the Cotentin Peninsula. Cherbourg is an important commercial, ferry and military port on the English Channel. Cherbourg-en-Cotentin is a maritime...
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    Battle of Cherbourg (category History of Cherbourg-en-Cotentin)
    the Cotentin Peninsula, was the largest port accessible from the landings. The Allied planners decided at first not to land directly on the Cotentin Peninsula...
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    of the five code-named landing beaches in Normandy, Utah is on the Cotentin Peninsula, west of the mouths of the Douve and Vire rivers. Amphibious landings...
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    assaults of the Vikings, the king of the Franks agreed to grant the Cotentin Peninsula and the Avranchin, including Mont-Saint-Michel traditionally linked...
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    island in the Channel Islands, located 27 miles (43 km) west of the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy. It is the largest island in the Bailiwick of Guernsey,...
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  • remained bottled up on the Cotentin Peninsula. The next phase of the fight, codenamed Operation Cobra was to break out of the peninsula, and once this occurred...
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    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 la Bastille...
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    former commune and subprefecture located at the northern end of the Cotentin peninsula in the northwestern French department of Manche. It was merged into...
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    rocky outcrop of schist belonging to the Armorican Massif, in the Cotentin Peninsula, between the confluences of the Vire – which dominates the city centre...
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    one of the earliest surviving places of Christian worship in the Cotentin Peninsula - perhaps second only to the Gallo-Roman baptistry at Port-Bail. During...
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    East Anglian coast, the Home Counties, the west of Brittany, and the Cotentin Peninsula of Normandy, all of which weathered gusts typically with a return...
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    and the region to the west through the Pays d'Auge as far as the Cotentin Peninsula and Channel Islands. Western Normandy belongs to the Armorican Massif...
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    the landings: Brittany, the Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy, and the Pas de Calais. As Brittany and Cotentin are peninsulas, the Germans could have cut off...
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  • department Îles Saint-Marcouf, a group of islands off the coast of the Cotentin Peninsula See also Saint Marcouf This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    overcome and the VII and VIII Corps advanced rapidly, isolating the Cotentin Peninsula. By 31 July, XIX Corps had destroyed the last forces opposing the...
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  • Montenegro Gallipoli, Turkey Klek (peninsula), Bosnia and Herzegovina Istanbul, Turkey Brittany Cap Corse, Corsica Cotentin Peninsula, Normandy Crozon, Finistère...
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    Pays de Caux) around the low Seine valley and in the west in the Cotentin Peninsula, and were separated by traditional pagii, where the population remained...
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  • Three Seas Initiative Apennine Peninsula (Italian Peninsula) Located in the south of Europe, the Apennine Peninsula contains the states of Italy, San...
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    : 158  The term refers only to the archipelago to the west of the Cotentin Peninsula. Other populated islands located in the English Channel, and close...
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    rebuilt, it once again became the capital. The department includes the Cotentin Peninsula down to the famous Mont St Michel. Of the Channel Islands, only the...
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    As a result, Richard was forced to repel an English attack on the Cotentin Peninsula that was led by Ethelred. Ethelred had given orders that Richard be...
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    implement strong points and defences to stop the American troops on the Cotentin Peninsula and around the town of Saint-Lô. Almost all of lowland Ireland is...
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    reaching the coast of the Avranches region, which is at the base of the Cotentin peninsula, in order to isolate the units of the Third United States Army that...
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    [kɔtɑ̃tinɛ]) is the dialect of the Norman language spoken in the Cotentin Peninsula of France. It is one of the strongest dialects of the language on...
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    the largest of the Channel Islands and is 14 miles (23 km) from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and...
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    made a surprise landing on the nearest part of France, the northern Cotentin Peninsula. The English devastated much of Normandy, and stormed and sacked Caen...
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  • French Atlantic ports of either Brest or Cherbourg and areas of the Cotentin Peninsula during the early autumn of 1942, and amass troops for a breakout in...
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    launching an attack towards Lessay-Périers that would cut off the Cotentin Peninsula. Carentan was defended by two battalions of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment...
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