TREVIERES Calvados - 15 km west of Bayeux
The Americans widen the bridgehead
On 9 June 1944 the 2nd American Infantry Division set up its headquarter in Formigny, a small town four kilometers from Omaha Beach on the N13 road. Trévières was the 38th Regimental Combat Team objective. A regiment headquarter of the 352nd German Infantry Division under General Kraiss was established in the town. On the left the 9th Regimental Combat Team must occupy the area of Mandeville-en-Bessin. The 9th RCT progression was slow and Rubercy south-east of Trévières was reached at the end of the day. The advance of the 38th RCT was not easy either, but the Americans moved in the vicinity of Trévières in the evening hours. Threatened of encirclement the Germans of the 916th Infantry Regiment had almost entirely withwdraw from the village. In the morning of 10 June the Americans eliminated several snipers and liberated Trévières definitively.
   
 
 
 

95th Infantry Division stained-glass window
In the church of Trévières one can see a remarkable stained-glass window in memory of officers and soldiers of the 377th regiment of the 95th American Infantry Division;
Situation : in the church

   
 
  Liberation plaque
The fighting for liberation in 1944 had left their mark on the War monument of 1914-1918. A shell had taken off the face of the statue, the monument stayed in the same condition till now. A plaque on the monument remembers the Battle of Normandy.
Situation : on the War monument, a place near the church
  2nd Infantry division plaque
Plaque commemorating the fighting of the 2nd American Infantry Division for the liberation of Trévières, from 8 to 10 June 1944.
Situation : on the front of the city hall
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INTERESTING WEB SITES
Trévières city web site
http://www.ville-trevieres.fr
Web page about the naval forces of D-day
http://www.naval-history.net/WW2194406.htm
Personal web site about the Atlantic Wall
http://atlantikwall.free.fr/
US Army official web site about assault units of D-day
http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/reference/normandy/UnitList.htm
Calvados departmental tourism office web site
http://www.calvados-tourisme.com/
 
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