War Memorial Trévières
The war memorial from the First World War had been damaged during the fightings between the American troops (who landed earlier on Omaha Beach) and German Troops of the 352nd German Infantry Division. The battle took place on 9. and 10. June 1944.
There is also a plaque on the memorial that commerates the battle that took place in and near Trévières.
The memorial also commemorates Word War II and the war in Indochina.
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Source
- Text: Jente de Roust
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons
Nearby
Museum
- Overlord Museum - Colleville-sur-Mer
- Big Red One Assault Museum - Colleville-sur-Mer
- Omaha Beach Memorial Museum - Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer
Point of interest
- Bailey Bridge Colleville-sur-Mer - Colleville-sur-Mer
- M4A1 Sherman Tank Colleville-sur-Mer - Colleville-sur-Mer
- 25pdr SP tracked Sexton - Colleville-sur-Mer
Monument
- 29th Infantry Division Memorial - Colombières
- War Memorial Bernesq - Bernesq
- Memorial Liberation Colombières - Colombières
Cemetery
- Commonwealth War Graves Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer - Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer
- Commonwealth War Grave Colleville-sur-Mer - Colleville-sur-Mer
- Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial - Colleville-sur-Mer
Fortification
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