Cotentin
Americannoun
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Located roughly 60 miles from Omaha Beach, it is an exception on the Cotentin Peninsula, which is affected by a scarcity of specialists like dentists — only 33 for 100,000 inhabitants.
From New York Times • Aug. 28, 2021
It was essential that the paratroopers hook up with the invading forces and then push up the Cotentin Peninsula to the port city of Cherbourg.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2019
Cushions believed to be from the plane were found on a beach near Surtainville, on France's Cotentin Peninsula, last week.
From BBC • Feb. 5, 2019
A search of the waters near Guernsey, which lies west of the Cotentin Peninsula, was called off after three days, with harbor master David Barker calling the chances of finding survivors “extremely remote.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2019
The whole Cotentin Peninsula has been captured just three weeks after the invasion!
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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