See where the 508th, and the enemy, were located before and during their
time in battle.
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508TH MAP CASE |
 Cotentin Peninsula (topography) |  Enemy Forces
in Cotentin Peninsula as estimated prior to D-Day |  Enemy Forces
in Cotentin
Peninsula as they actually were on D-Day |
 Allied Assault Routes,
6 June 1944 |  THE PLAN
Airborne Plan,
6 June 1944 (508th DZ is left-most, middle) |  THE REALITY
82d Airborne Drop Pattern, 6 June 1944 |
 D-Day Along the Merderet, 82d Airborne Division |  Securing Ste. Mere-Eglise, D+1, 7 June 1944 |  508th at Chef-du-Pont,
8-9 June 1944 |
 The La Fiere bridgehead, 9 June 1944
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German Counterattack
on Carentan, 13 June 1944 | 
Securing the Douve Line, 14-16 June 1944
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