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- Douve abstract "The Douve or Ouve is a river, 79 kilometres in length, which rises in the commune of Tollevast, near Cherbourg in the department of Manche. Ouve is considered its old name (Unva in ancient texts): Ouve appears to have been misspelled over the course of time as "Douve river" and then as "River of the Douve" (Douve literally means Ditch). The French name for this watercourse is la Douve.After passing Tollevast, the river proceeds through the hills of the Cotentin peninsula (Cherbourg peninsula) and goes by Sottevast, l'Étang-Bertrand and Magneville. It borders Néhou and crosses Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte. Once it reaches Bauptois, it alters its direction towards the Bay of the Seine in the south-eastern English Channel, passing through Carentan.The Douve is a navigable river owing to its flat bottom and adequate depth of flow. During the allied invasion of Hitler's Fortress Europa on D-Day, the river was the boundary between the allied left flank landing forces on Utah Beach (on its left bank and so to the west nearest Roune) and the bloody defensive battle that occurred at Omaha Beach. The Utah beach landings were part of contingency planning only scheduled after ample landing craft became available and designed to give the allies a leg up on taking a port city, in this case, Cherbourg for without such, any sustained offensive was foredoomed to failure from lack of logistical capacity. Had the landing craft been lacking, the river would have protected the exposed right flank of the allied invasion lodgement. With Utah in the plan, it was used to originate an offensive aimed squarely at the early domination of the peninsula and capture of Cherbourg as the British-Canadian forces were to attempt an early capture of the port of Caen (and eventually Rouen) at the opposite end of the lodgement. Both cities were well protected by their German defenders.Among those landing at the Douve was the unit known as the Filthy Thirteen, later the basis of the novel and film The Dirty Dozen, loosely inspired on the exploits of PFC Jack Agnew of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.".
- Douve length "79000.0".
- Douve origin Normandy.
- Douve riverMouth Baie_de_la_Seine.
- Douve riverMouth English_Channel.
- Douve sourceCountry France.
- Douve sourceCountry Normandy.
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- Douve wikiPageExternalLink www.geoportail.fr.
- Douve wikiPageID "11185530".
- Douve wikiPageRevisionID "570961811".
- Douve basinCountries "Normandy region, France".
- Douve hasPhotoCollection Douve.
- Douve mouth Baie_de_la_Seine.
- Douve origin Normandy.
- Douve riverName "Douve".
- Douve subject Category:Rivers_of_France.
- Douve subject Category:Rivers_of_Normandy.
- Douve point "49.35888888888889 -1.1694444444444445".
- Douve type BodyOfWater109225146.
- Douve type PhysicalEntity100001930.
- Douve type River109411430.
- Douve type RiversOfFrance.
- Douve type RiversOfNormandy.
- Douve type Stream109448361.
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- Douve type NaturalPlace.
- Douve type Place.
- Douve type River.
- Douve type Stream.
- Douve type Wikidata:Q532.
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- Douve type BodyOfWater.
- Douve type River.
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- Douve type Location.
- Douve type SpatialThing.
- Douve comment "The Douve or Ouve is a river, 79 kilometres in length, which rises in the commune of Tollevast, near Cherbourg in the department of Manche. Ouve is considered its old name (Unva in ancient texts): Ouve appears to have been misspelled over the course of time as "Douve river" and then as "River of the Douve" (Douve literally means Ditch).".
- Douve label "Douve (fleuve)".
- Douve label "Douve (rzeka we Francji)".
- Douve label "Douve".
- Douve label "Douve".
- Douve label "Douve".
- Douve label "Rio Douve".
- Douve label "杜沃河".
- Douve sameAs Douve.
- Douve sameAs Douve_(fleuve).
- Douve sameAs Douve.
- Douve sameAs Douve_(rzeka_we_Francji).
- Douve sameAs Rio_Douve.
- Douve sameAs m.02r2xqf.
- Douve sameAs 3020893.
- Douve sameAs Q1252782.
- Douve sameAs Q1252782.
- Douve sameAs Douve.
- Douve lat "49.35888888888889".
- Douve long "-1.1694444444444445".
- Douve wasDerivedFrom Douve?oldid=570961811.
- Douve isPrimaryTopicOf Douve.
- Douve name "Douve".