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| German Grenadier Normandy - Omaha Beach 1944 |
Grenadier Regiment 916 was an infantry regiment of the Wehrmacht from 1943 until 1945.
It was set up in the area around Saint-Lô and then sent to Omaha Beach in December 1943.
Grenadier Regiment 916 was split up in the Omaha Beach area and fought against the United States 29th and 1st infantry divisions on D-Day. The Headquarter of the Regiment was in Trévières. The companies were close to the Villages: Vierville, St. Laurent, Colleville-sur-Mer as second line to counterattack the Allied forces once they landed.
The 916th withdrew on 8 June from the Omaha Beach area and made the retreat to Saint-Lô. Fighting the US Divisions with only rifles, machine guns and handgrenades. Very little supply reached the combatants. Soldiers of the Regiment can be found at the German war cemetery at La Cambe in Normandy.