Winters discusses with him about this nervous blindness and in the minutes that follow, Blithe regains his sight again. During his visit to the infirmary, Winters discovers the Private Blithe who had become blind during the fight. When a large part of the area is under US control, Lieutenant Richard Dick Winters is hit at the ankle by a German sniper bullet in a street in Carentan. The nurses who examined Tipper’s wounds did not know at first if he would get away with it. Ed Tipper, who is seriously wounded by a shell fired by a German gun, is just one example. Shortly after the start of the Easy attack, when the Americans began to control part of the area, German artillerymen bombarded the area with their artillery cannons. The houses are home to French civilians who, unfortunately, have not all escaped death as a result of the bombing and the fighting.
The German and American snipers took heart and the fight was always close to hand-to-hand. When the Germans opened fire on the American soldiers, a very violent street fight began. Some of the houses of Carentan still bear the traces of the battle. The city of Carentan had to be taken because it was the main crossroads between the Cotentin and the Calvados and the Allied tanks had to pass through the city before attacking Cherbourg, one of the main objectives of the Battle of Normandy because of its port in Deep water that can accommodate boats of high tonnage and thus unloading the material faster and more important. The 506th Paratroop Infantry Regiment of the 101st American Airborne Division undertook a series of maneuvers during the night of June 11th to 12th around Carentan and attacked the town on the 12th morning on the east side by a road that forms a T with The one which takes the direction of Périers (towards the south) where the houses sheltered the Germans. The third episode of the series is represented through the eyes of soldier Albert Blithe, who is like many soldiers at that time, he finds it difficult to take part in the fighting without experiencing great fear.
Band of Brothers Episode 3 The true story of the men of Easy Company, 506th PIR, 101st AirborneĮpisode 1 – Episode 2 – Episode 3 – Episode 4 – Episode 5 – Episode 6 – Episode 7 – Episode 8 – Episode 9 – Episode 10
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