Cotentin

The Cotentin was the most important part of Normandy, -- was to Normandy what Normandy was to the rest of Europe.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various

The Normans of the Cotentin were the purest men of their race.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 108, October, 1866 Various

By this itinerary you will not have taken all you should into view; you will not have touched the coast nor seen how Normandy is based upon the sea, and you will not have known the Cotentin, which is a little State of its own and is the quadrilateral which Normandy thrusts forth into the Channel.

First and Last Hilaire Belloc 1911

All the while, the Americans, after taking the port city of Cherbourg, on the northern tip of the Cotentin Peninsula, were fighting a draining war of attrition in the bocage, the ancient hedgerows of rural Normandy.

Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006

All the while, the Americans, after taking the port city of Cherbourg, on the northern tip of the Cotentin Peninsula, were fighting a draining war of attrition in the bocage, the ancient hedgerows of rural Normandy.

Masters of the Air Donald L. Miller 2006

Rollo was baptized (912) under the name Robert, acquired middle Normandy (the Bessin, 924) and the western part of the duchy (Cotentin and Avranche, 933).

h. The West Franks under the Carolingian Kings 2001

It was only Eisenhower, Bradley and Montgomery and their staffs who were conscious that the battle for the northern Cotentin had lasted many days longer than they had hoped or planned for and that, while it persisted, little progress was made with the drive to gain fighting room further south.

Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984

After the excitement of the capture of Cherbourg and the northern Cotentin, on 3 July the American VIII Corps, along with a division from VII Corps, began a new southward offensive in driving rain, mist and low cloud.

Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984

The 77th was one of the few formations of reasonable quality in the Cotentin.

Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984

At the moment “Rich” Richardson jumped over the fields of the Cotentin soon after 1.30 a.m., thousands of other Allied paratroopers were already on the ground ahead of him.

Overlord D-Day And The Battle for Normandy Max Hastings 1984