World War II: German combat elements, reinforced by the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_SS_Panzergrenadier_Division" id="mwpA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="17th SS Panzergrenadier Division">17th SS Panzergrenadier Division</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bloody_Gulch" id="mwpQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Bloody Gulch">launch a counterattack</a> on American forces near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carentan" id="mwpg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Carentan">Carentan</a>.