Battle of Carentan Campaign.Cole's Charge

DATE: 16/03/2025
TIME (GMT): 19:00
ERA: WW2
MAP(S): Carentan
TYPE: COOP
TEAMSPEAK: ts1.biaarma.com
GAME: Arma 3
EVENT: Official
AUTHOR(S): Aris and Lord for Brothers in Arms
SLOTS: 65 / 76

MEDICAL LEVEL: Advanced
MEDICS SETTINGS: Advanced
PREVENT INSTANT DEATH: Yes
LIVES: 3
DAMAGE RESISTANCE: 5
RESPAWN WAY: Respawn On Team
ENEMY DIFFICULTY: Medium
DOWNLOAD MODPACK: WW2 Version 40 Modpack
RATING:

The Battle of Carentan was an engagement in World War II between airborne forces of the United States Army and the German Wehrmacht during the Battle of Normandy. The battle took place from 10 to 14 June 1944, on the approaches to and within the town of CarentanFrance.

The objective of the attacking American forces was consolidation of the U.S. beachheads (Utah Beach and Omaha Beach) and establishment of a continuous defensive line against expected German counterattacks. The defending German force attempted to hold the town long enough to allow reinforcements en route from the south to arrive, prevent or delay the merging of the lodgments, and keep the U.S. First Army from launching an attack towards Lessay-Périers that would cut off the Cotentin Peninsula.

Carentan was defended by two battalions of Fallschirmjäger-Regiment 6 (6th Parachute Regiment) of the 2nd Fallschirmjager-Division. The 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division, ordered to reinforce Carentan, was delayed by transport shortages and attacks by Allied aircraft. The attacking 101st Airborne Division, landed by parachute on 6 June as part of the American airborne landings in Normandy, was ordered to seize control of Carentan.

In the ensuing battle, the 101st forced passage across the causeway into Carentan on 10 and 11 June. A lack of ammunition forced the German forces to withdraw on 12 June. The 17th SS PzG Division counter-attacked the 101st Airborne on 13 June. Initially successful, its attack was thrown back by Combat Command A (CCA) of the U.S. 2nd Armored Division.

Carentan was defended by two battalions of Fallschirmjager-Regiment 6 of the 2nd Fallschirmjäger-Division, commanded by Oberst Friedrich von der Heydte, and remnants of 91 Air Landing Division s Grenadier-Regiment 1058. Both had escaped from nearby Saint Come-du-Mont on 8 June when the village was captured by the 101st Airborne Division. II./FJR6 and III./FJR6 (2nd and 3rd Battalions, 6th Parachute Regiment) were still intact as fighting formations, but III./GR1058 had been nearly destroyed in three days of combat and was no longer effective as a unit.

The German LXXXIV Corps (84.Korps) reinforced the 6th Parachute Regiment (FJR6) with survivors of Grenadier-Regiment 914 (German 352nd Infantry Division) following its 9 June defeat at IsignyArmy Group B commander Field Marshal Erwin Rommel ordered von der Heydte to defend the town to the last man.

The 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division stationed at Thouars, ostensibly a mechanized infantry division of the OKW Mobile Reserve but without tanks or adequate transport, was ordered on 7 June to move to Normandy following the Allied landings. However it was delayed by shortages of trucks and attacks by Allied aircraft that destroyed bridges over the Loire River and interdicted rail movements. Advance elements reached Angers on 9 June and Saint-Lo on 10 June, by which time Rommel s main concern was in preventing an attack westward from Carentan to cut off the Cotentin. The 38th Panzergrenadier Regiment formed a mobile battle group to resist V Corps units south of Isigny, and the 37th PzG-Rgt was sent to Carentan.

The 101st Airborne Division consolidated its forces in Normandy on 9 June. Its three parachute regiments (501st502nd, and 506th PIRs) had been badly scattered during their air drops, losing a significant number of men killed and missing as a result, and had suffered further casualties in taking Saint Come-du-Mont.Its 327th Glider Infantry Regiment had landed largely at Utah Beach on D+1 (7 June) and except for its third battalion (the attached 1st Battalion, 401st GIR), had yet to engage in serious combat. Several units of the 327 did land by ship on D-Day. The 327 HQ Co Anti-Tank Platoon glided into France.

The 2nd Armored Division, part of the U.S. V Corps, had advanced off Omaha Beach to support the drive of the 175th Infantry Regiment (29th Division) to Isigny. Its Combat Command A (CCA), consisting of M4 Sherman tanks of the 2nd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment and mechanized infantry of the 3rd Battalion, 41st Armored Infantry Regiment, was available as an armored force reserve for the 101st Airborne.

On 9 June the 101st finished consolidating, with the 502nd PIR guarding the right flank along the upper Douve River, the 506th PIR deployed across the Carentan highway, and the 327th GIR on the left in positions along the Douve River opposite Brévands.The 501st PIR was the division s reserve and guarding the left flank east of the 327.

Patrols and aerial reconnaissance of Carentan indicated that the town might be lightly defended, and a plan to capture the city by a double envelopment was contrived, using the 502nd PIR on the right and the 327th GIR on the left, scheduled to jump off just after midnight 10 June.The 502 mission was to force the bridges and capture high ground southwest of the town along the Périers highway (Hill 30) to block withdrawal. The 327th was to cross the Douve at Brévands, circle a mile to the east, and come in on the road west from Isigny to take the town.

In this campaign we will follow the footsteps of the US 101st Airborne Division,502nd PIR ,H Company during the days from June 6 (landing in Normandy) to June 14, 1944 with the fall of the Town of Carentan.

During the night of 11th June German fire subsided.Company H crept through the opening in the obstacle, and when it did not suffer any casualties, at 04.00 Company G and the Headquarters Company followed, taking cover on both sides of the highway. Scouts in the point nearly reached the main farmhouse in the morning twilight when they were cut down by German fire. Cpt. Cole immediately called for artillery support, but the German fire did not cease. At 06.15, using a smoke screen for concealment, Cpt Col. Cole ordered his executive officer, Major John P. Stopka, to pass word to the battalion that it would have to charge the German positions to eliminate them.Using a whistle to signal the attack, Cole led a bayonet charge that overwhelmed the defenders in savage close combat, for which Cole was later awarded the Medal of Honor.

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US 101st Airborne Division 506th Infantry Regiment

502th PIR- H Company HQ

Captain Company Commander
UniPlay
Company Staff Sergeant
Bovan
Company Doctor
Chewie
Company Engineer
Feather

1st Platoon HQ

Lieutenant Platoon Commander
Johnny
Platoon Medic
Usagi
Platoon Engineer
jason
Platoon Marksman
Bismarck

Alpha Squad

Sergeant Squad Leader
Miletic
Corporal Team Leader
Joe
Medic
Machine Gunner
Zex
Autorifleman BAR
Psion
Grenadier
Lord
Ammobearer
Kofeina
Rifleman Bazooka
Rifleman
Seedorf
Rifleman
Aris

Bravo Squad

Sergeant Squad Leader
Cobe
Corporal Team Leader
Viper
Medic
Burger
Machine Gunner
Magnum
Autorifleman BAR
Festus
Grenadier
Flappy
Ammobearer
Kaczomen
Rifleman Bazooka
fresh ziomal
Rifleman
Exillius
Rifleman
Theodore

2nd Platoon HQ

Lieutenant Platoon Commander
Sclembi
Platoon Medic
YourDoctor
Platoon Engineer
Pavlovic
Platoon Marksman
Anctus

Charlie Squad

Sergeant Squad Leader
Bobi
Corporal Team Leader
Nanard
Medic
Thasylea
Machine Gunner
Punisher
Autorifleman BAR
Murdock
Grenadier
Abramusas
Ammobearer
KostasGamer
Rifleman Bazooka
Dr. Lexus
Rifleman
Martis
Rifleman
Bugs Bunny

Delta Squad

Sergeant Squad Leader
Mini
Corporal Team Leader
Mo
Medic
Machine Gunner
Zvuk
Autorifleman BAR
Zero
Grenadier
Szarik
Ammobearer
Rio.
Rifleman Bazooka
John
Rifleman
Rad
Rifleman
Chak

3rd Platoon HQ

Lieutenant Platoon Commander
W.Jarvis
Platoon Medic
Louis_Bolgarov
Platoon Engineer
Tole
Platoon Marksman
Luanmh

Echo Squad

Sergeant Squad Leader
Yotza
Corporal Team Leader
Heinrich
Medic
Machine Gunner
Lazar
Autorifleman BAR
niceguyphil
Grenadier
GameKnighted
Ammobearer
angle
Rifleman Bazooka
Aleksa
Rifleman
RasaDeDam
Rifleman
Gillette

Foxtrot Squad ( CE )

Sergeant Squad Leader
Corporal Team Leader
Medic
Machine Gunner
Autorifleman BAR
Grenadier
Ammobearer
Rifleman Bazooka
Spud
Rifleman
Wolfmother
Rifleman
NearchosCretan
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