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716th Static Infantry Division (Wehrmacht)

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Korps resources, the tactical situation and the terrain saw the Division 'split' across two Regimental Coastal Defensive Sections: Küsten Verteidigungs Gruppe Courseulles and Küsten Verteidigungs Gruppe Riva-Bella. To the west, K.V.-Gruppe Courseulles commanded all Divisional troops from Asnelles to Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, seeing it attempt to defeat landings at
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Having the task of defeating landings it manned an extended line of defensible posts, along its assigned 47 km of Normandy Coast, and deployed all other unit resources then available above the Basse Normandie: Calvados-Baie de Seine Coastal Plain. Fighting with additionally allocated LXXXIV
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it was not equipped with the standard configuration of vehicles and heavy weapons. Much of the division's artillery and anti-tank guns were from captured armaments.
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it returned to the divisions in Normandy. The 716th Division had no combat experience, and was one of the weakest divisions in the area.
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from other German-occupied countries. The division also had some young German conscripts as well. As a
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The 716.Infanterie-Divisionen was mobilized for occupation duties in the 15.Welle (Wave)
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During the fighting after D-Day, the division fought defensively around Caen and
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It is well-known for its involvement as a defensive unit in the Allied
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in June 1941. Many of the division's troops were elderly Germans and
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Oberst Ernst von Bauer (1896–1945): September 1944 to December 1944
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Generalmajor Otto Schiel (1895–1990): August 1944 to September 1944
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In October 1944, the 716th Infantry Division was in the region of
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Division in April 1945 before surrendering to American troops at
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infantry division. It was raised on May 2, 1941, and sent to
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Generalleutnant Wilhelm Richter: June 1944 to August 1944
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Military units and formations disestablished in 1945
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Index

German 716th Static Infantry Division
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German

Nazi Germany

Heer
Wehrmacht
Coastal defence and fortification
Division
Invasion of Normandy
Wilhelm Richter
LXXXIV Infantry Corps
World War II
German Army
German-occupied France
conscripts
bodenständig (static unit)
Normandy landings
Battle of Merville Gun Battery
Replacement Army
Wehrkreis VI
Bielefeld
Normandy
Amiens
Brussels
D-Day
7 KVA ‘H1’ - KVA Caen.
Gold Beach
Juno Beach

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